Klarinet Archive - Posting 000464.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Recording the clarinet
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:19:20 -0500

I am amazed at the technical knowlege.......really quite interesting the
discussion. I have been head of our recording studio at IWU for a long
time, but now I feel completely unqualified.........I am also jealous of
an engineer's ability to know both the engineering field and the musical
field!

Roger Garrett

On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Dee Hays wrote:

> Actually I believe the book did discuss the presence and strength of the various
> harmonics (or I saw the information somewhere else). Even though we speak as if
> only the odd harmonics are present, you are indeed right that this is not quite
> true. The evens are present in varying degrees. Note that this is in relation to
> the fundamental (chalumeau note). They will contribute to the characteristic sound
> of the instrument to some degree......My question was: Is it the wave form that causes the recording problems? One
> respondent stated that it was the rise time. Therefore is the wave square enough to
> actually support this statment? Or to put it another way, what are the respective
> rise times of the various instruments?