Klarinet Archive - Posting 001001.txt from 2001/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] recording
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:33:09 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen J. Levin [mailto:alevin@-----.net]
>
> One other old trick (especially in a "live" room like a church): put a
> pillow over the clarinettist's mike.

Where in the world did you get that "trick"?! I cannot imagine anything
worse than doing that. If you do that, you will *only* get a muffled sound.
You can do tricks where you place absorbent material near microphones to do
things like minimize floor reflections, but never put anything over a mic
that is not specifically made for that purpose. There are some foam
windscreens out there that are great for rolling a tad bit off the extreme
high end (around 10k on up), but they are made to be as acoustically
transparent.

Sometimes, I'll put a rug or a moving blanket under the players or a piano
to tame the sound a bit, but never any more than that.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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