Klarinet Archive - Posting 000458.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Recording the clarinet
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 05:25:11 -0500

At 07:51 AM 11/11/97 -0800, Gary VanCott wrote:
>It was suggested some time ago on the list, that the best recording device
>for the clarinet that many people would own is a video camera. Obviously, a
>good microphone would help too.
>
Actually, video cameras usually have poor audio quality, and always have
automatic level control (as one band director I know said, all the notes
are there, but the music is gone!). A hi-fi VCR with good mics, however,
would work very well.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.