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From: Rob McCall <rob@mccallpiano.com><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Sun, Jun 3, 2012 12:34 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] mp3 recordings - How<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>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.
<a href="http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PianoMicSys/" target="_blank">http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PianoMicSys/</a>
You can even record with the lid closed with this system, effectively
eliminating the "room" problem.
Regards,
Rob McCall
McCall Piano Service, LLC
<a href="http://www.mccallpiano.com" target="_blank">www.mccallpiano.com</a>
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.
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> 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.
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> Close-miking minimizes the influence of the acoustics of the room upon the
sound of the recording.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Kent Swafford
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