Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 1996/12

From: Dick Walters <waltersd@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Clarinet Pick-ups(serious, this time!)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 07:31:52 -0500

Best mike for a clarinet in my opinion is a ribbon. Beyer makes a good
one. Theye are a bit fragile (don't want to blow into them) but a ribbon
is about the only thing that will handle the transient response of the
instrument. In any event, audition them carefully. Some of the electrits
will distort on high clarinet notes.

Dick Walters

At 11:14 AM 11/27/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Forwarded message:
>>
>> > Hi folks!
>> >
>> > Does anyone know which is the best pick-up
>> > for a clarinet? The one that I have is called
>> > Barcus-Berry.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Tony.
>>
>> Tony,
>> I don't have the answer, but a while ago there was a discussion on
>> the list about the best microphones to use for recording the clarinet.
>> Perhaps if you searched the archives under "microphones" or something
>> similar, you might get info you can use!
>> Good luck!
>>
>> -Scott
>>
>> Scott D. Morrow
>> Department of Biochemistry
>> School of Hygiene and Public Health
>> Johns Hopkins University
>> (410)-955-3631
>>
>> SDM@-----.edu
>>
>
>The Barcus Berry pickup is pretty good, however it is not without problems.
>I have found that that pickup does not make the most accurate clarinet sound
>comming out of the amp. This is because the contact microphone is attached
>either to a reed or into the barrel of the instrument. Generally you will
>get a better sound when you mic externally (because that is what we hear-not
>the inside of the horn). There are several that are good. Personally I
>have used a microphone on a stand and played into it, but SD Systems makes
>what I understand to be a really good mic system. I have never used it, but
>it has been recommended to me by several people. The clarinet mic system
>has two mics as a part of it. One is over the bell and the other is over
>the keys. This helps ballance the sound comming out of different areas of
>the instruments as the clarinet is different than say a brass instrument.
>The only bad thing about this set-up is the price (about $450). Check out
>the lates Woodwind Brasswind catalog, p. 129 for a picture and description
>of this and other systems.
>
>Ben Maas
>
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