On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:12:18 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote


* Larf all yew like - the piano is not even Swim's first instrument, back
in
the misty past she was on a level with Emma Johnson at one time, on the
clartus fartus...!! ;-)



No, she's good. The Korg stuff sounds like - well a Korg I suppose. I
added a touch of concert hall reverb to the first one and it perked up
no end. The Kuhlau is certainly on a much nicer sounding instrument,
and with a proper mic it will sound good.


I'm sure she'd be pleased to here that - it's her current (keeper) piano!!

'Here that'...?

(How *does* that happen...??)


the quickness of the hand...

As to 'good' - no-one's making anything like that sort of claim, but it will
be interesting to see how it goes..!!! ;-)



Afraid it does miss out not being stereo, though - just the one
dimension is very strangled-sounding to me these days.


So how would you set up *two* mics to record the single intrument - on a
'clamp' just so far apart? And what about orientation, where do you point
them for a *stereo* effect? The mic site (presuming a single mic, I suppose)
says 12 - 18" over the strings...???

(I don't rule out the stereo pair and mixer - it's just that I wanted to
'trial it' with the minimum complication...!! :-)



The normal way for close miking would be to position the right hand
mic over the treble strings and the left hand one over the bass
strings, keeping both as far from the keyboard as possible. A little
reverb would then be added later. In this circumstance, you would need
to use the low cut switches on the mics to compensate for the bass
boost you get when you use directional mics close up.

If you are recording in a good acoustic space, you could use a more
distant setup with the mics pointing 45 degrees each left and right,
sharing a stand about six feet from the piano, in a normal concert
listening position, ie side on, looking into the lid. That will result
in the sound of a piano in a room, but unless it is a good room,
probably not the way to go.

d

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