[pianotech] mp3 recordings - How

[Dale Erwin]

I believe this is a unit I viewed on The Ravescroft that Michael Spreeman uses. Michael?
Comments on its uses in recording?


Dale Erwin... RPT
 Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S pianos
www.Erwinspiano.com
209-577-8397

 
  





-----Original Message-----
From: Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sun, Jun 3, 2012 12:34 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] mp3 recordings - How


I've had several of my friends in the recording business use this mic system for 
recording pianos. They swear it's the best they've encountered for recording 
acoustic pianos.  It is a little pricey though, but I like the concept.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PianoMicSys/

You can even record with the lid closed with this system, effectively 
eliminating the "room" problem.

Regards,

Rob McCall

McCall Piano Service, LLC
www.mccallpiano.com
Murrieta, CA
951-698-1875

On Jun 03, 2012, at 12:04 , Kent Swafford wrote:

> I have a good bit of experience providing mp3 files here and on CAUT.
> 
> Close-miking can be great. Recording music and listening to music are two very 
different things. Close-miking is not the same as "listening with your ear in 
the piano"; for one thing, one can turn down the volume of the close-miked 
recording unlike when your head is in a piano.
> 
> Close-miking minimizes the influence of the acoustics of the room upon the 
sound of the recording.
> 
> Close-miking allows (forces) one to lower the gain of your recording, which 
tends to minimize environmental sounds like air conditioning, the refrigerator, 
outside traffic, playing children, etc.
> 
> Your distant miking instructions are fine if you have a beautiful sounding 
room and a perfectly quiet environment, but they would contribute to the 
apple-oranges problem since everyone's room will sound slightly different.
> 
> Kent Swafford


 
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