Piano recording

[Stéphane Collin]

Hi Michael.

Do you have some recordings made with the system you describe ?

Best regards.

Stéphane Collin.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "'Roy'" <roy.peters@mindspring.com>; "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:02 PM
Subject: RE: Piano recording


> Hello All
> It is a well known fact in the recording industry that the piano is the 
> most
> difficult of instruments to record faithfully. The reason is that it is a
> percussion instrument and standing waves tend to add and subtract from the
> original. I have found that I can record piano very well using "Boundary
> Level Mics" and the cheapest of those I found came from the Radio Shack in
> their "Realistic" brand, under the name "Pressure Zone Microphone" - or -
> "PZM" Cat.No.22-1090B. They are battery powered and mounted on a steel 
> plate
> about 6" square. They should be mounted about 8" apart on a large smooth
> surface (a biggish table will do) and about 6' away from the middle of the
> curve of the grand. They are supposed to take an AA type battery but work
> much better on 12v. The noise level is quite acceptably low.
> Regards from a dusky evening in the Downland Village
> Michael G.(UK)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy [mailto:roy.peters@mindspring.com]
> Sent: 27 September 2005 13:44
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Grotrian Cymbalese
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> Ric:
> There is a program called Goldwave you can use to record to your laptop.
> You can download an evaluation copy for free.  I have used it to record my
> daughters on violin for auditions.    You can save the files as MP3's or
> wave files.  I don't know if it is the recording quality you are looking 
> for
> or not.  It probably mostly depends on the quality of mic you use.  You 
> can
> either use the builtin mic on the computer, or buy a better one to plug 
> in.
>
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> The URL is: http://www.goldwave.com/
>
> Roy Peters
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ric Brekne <ricbrek@broadpark.no>
> Sent: Sep 27, 2005 3:01 AM
> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Grotrian Cymbalese
>
>
> Sometimes wish I had a really easy way of recording sounds in good
> enough quality to make available to the list. Anyone have a good solution 
> ?
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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