Klarinet Archive - Posting 001004.txt from 2001/01

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] recording
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:13:02 -0500

>Speaking of piano, one of my pet peeves is people who insist on keeping the
>lid down all the way. It does not make it softer, rather it just muffles
>the sound... When the lid is up, it helps all the sounds radiate out of the
>instrument evenly. With the lid closed, you are just playing in a box. The
>lid of the instrument can also help your sound project. It gives you a hard
>surface behind you that the sound can reflect off of to project.
>
>--Ben

Ben,

I'm doing a recording session on Sunday with a pianist - doing solo
literature. Do you have a suggestion as to microphone placement, lid
angle, etc?

We normally use two Neumann microphones (KM 150 with the Hypercaroid
capsule?? can't remember), and we can mix in up to four AKG 460Bs (with
CK61-ULS capsules on each) or two AKG large diaphram microphones (We have
C414Bs). We use a Mackie 1404 VLZ board at this point.

Suggestions?

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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