Klarinet Archive - Posting 000209.txt from 2005/03

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bass pick up
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 12:00:49 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Labadorf [mailto:tlabadorf@-----.net]=20

Thanks for the brands- those are exactly what I was talking about. =
Barcus
Berry also makes a piano pickup that gets used a lot in sound =
reinforcement
situations. I think it sounds positively dreadful, but when you have a
piano in an extremely loud environment, it is sometimes the only thing =
you
can do.

>=20
> I haven't used the third mic Ben mentions (placing an omnidirectional=20
> mic on your body) but it does sound interesting.
>=20

The thing that is nice about this is you can use a very high quality
microphone and get a really good sound out of the instrument. I've used =
the
Sennheiser MK-2 capsule on Sennheiser or Shure diversity wireless =
systems.
This isn't a cheap setup (probably costs close to $800-$1000 per =
channel),
but you get good sound. The other thing that is good about it is being =
on
the back of the instrument, you minimize production sound. Most of the
noise we create as players radiates out from the instrument as it is =
high
frequency (instrument "grunge", key clicks, etc..) By placing the mic =
in a
location where you won't be hearing these sounds, you get an amplified =
sound
that ends up being much closer to what you'd expect to hear in the =
audience
if you were listening acoustically.

--Ben

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

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