"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 May 2007 14:05:54 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


The problem for both of us is lack of continuity due to lack of
opportunity
atm. Those recordings are virtually all *first takes* for both of us -
Swim
is rusty by about 10 years on the clart and over 20 years on the piano (or
was) and I'm new to recording anyway, so it's a series of 'Square One'
starts atm and there hasn't been anything newer to replace those early
attempts yet.

There's no rush, it'll sort in time...

So what DO you do with all those microphones and other recording gear?
At:
http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/myhifi/myhifi.htm

you list a pair of Oktavas, a pair of SE1As, a pair of LD condensers,
a ribbon mic, preamps........

That's a LOT of gear for someone who's barely started :-)



Not really - the Oktavas and ribbon weren't too cheap but the others weren't
expensive. The rationale is as follows:

Oktavas - mostly clart (stereo or mono)

SE1As - piano (stereo) at the end of the spindly booms

CAD GLXwhatever LDs - general, knockabout (very cheap but good)

Ribbon - mono clart, speech, fondling/admiring....

(I just like microphones! :-)

I also have a Samson multi-pattern USB mike for 'voice emails' which doesn't
seem to like this Nuvistor laptop I'm on atm (yet) - which is arse, because
half the reason for getting it was to be able to expand my 'scope' and get
*cleaner* recordings with the other mics, which is also not happening
yet..!!