<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hey, Rick...where are you located? Are you a professional recording engineeer?<DIV>David Andersen<BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:38 PM, R Barber wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Remove piano lid, place directional mics in an 60 degree X/Y pattern from 5 feet above the strings, right above the center of the soundboard.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">That was really great for dry studio recordings, eliminating lid reflection.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>