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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Subject: Re: Micing Acoustic Wind instruments?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.221735.14416@news.columbia.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:17:35 GMT
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- In article <AfLfzlu00WB9QfU0sz@andrew.cmu.edu> Lisa Laverne Vaughan <lv0e+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >
- >I had the trouble of "breathing", actually gasping from a cold, being picked
- >up by the mic. I have a pickup on the flute, but for classical music, the
- >"key clicks" are too noisy so I opted for the microphone (a vocal mic).
-
- This is probably more appropriate for rec.audio.pro but I'll answer it
- here. Close miking for classical isn't a fabulous idea, and you're
- learning why. Try miking it from the top down ("bird's eye") so that
- you're breating in the other direction. Also try it above angling the
- microphone toward the keys.
-
- >I tried to move the mic further away from me and play in a smallish room, but
- >then you could hear the distance.
-
- What pickup pattern is your microphone? A narrow hypercardioid is best
- for this sort of stuff.
-
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