Klarinet Archive - Posting 000741.txt from 2004/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Material influence on sound...one more time
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:41:24 -0400

At 03:21 PM 7/19/2004 -0400, Robert Wood wrote:
>>I learned this fact 50 years ago trying to play an acoustic bass in a
>>Dixieland combo with a very lively drummer!. Out on stage in the middle
>>of things-my "voice" was lost.
>
>Backing away from the group if necessary up to a wall- and preferably into
>a corner - I enjoyed increased
>
>presence- with a lot less hard right arm work with a ready made amplifier
>as the wall picked up the sound waves and flunnnnnnnnnnng them out over my
>head to eagerly awaiting fans...etc. ya ti da ya ti da.

Corners always help bass propagate. Try it with your stereo speakers,
first out in the middle of the room, then where the wall meets the floor,
then in the corner. You may also, in a square room, encounter standing
waves that can actually CANCEL your sound!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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