On Dec 18, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > Kent, > > Remind me why close miking seems to be the thing? I never sit > <in> a piano to listen to it and when I was trying to get recording > of a piano I rebuilt, much preferred the sound with the mic outside > the piano (by many feet)... Someone said, "But you'll have room > noise." Well, I do generally listen to pianos in a room, too. :-) > > Thanks, > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois Hi Barbara, I'm not an expert, but have hobbied with it a bit. To me, it depends on what you are trying to achieve with the recording, and or the repertoire being recorded. Do you want a live or studio sound? Are you recording a soft, romantic ballad or a big, powerful work? Also depends on your equipment, especially the microphone, but also the other processors involved. You can get a lot of different effects with different combinations. I, personally, love to hear the nuances that can only be heard up close. Backing away covers up some unwanted piano noise, but loses those up close nuances. It just depends on what you're doing. My thoughts, Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT University of South Carolina -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20071219/7e65676e/attachment.html
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