Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 2010/06

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] pickup for clarinet
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:07:43 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred jacobowitz [mailto:fbjacobo@-----.us]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:25 PM
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [kl] pickup for clarinet
>
> Ben,
> What do you mean "at a console". Also, the mic is stuffed into
> foam,
> so in a sense, it is suspended. It works fairly well. My mic used to
> have a rubber gizmo that actually suspended it. I don't have that
> anymore - it wore out. Also, it was difficult to keep it from turning
> and facing in the wrong direction. I don't have the choice of using a
> mic on a stand, because I often need to move a little on stage, and
> it is difficult to keep playing into the mic.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz

At a mixing console or mixing board... I mix front of house and monitors for
large concert systems a lot. This is a pretty common thing to do in the
rock and roll world.

You'd be surprised at how much suspension you really need to isolate a mic
completely. There are lots of mounts that don't do that great of a job.
Foam may seem great, but you may find that the shock is still hitting the
mic.

The mic may work fine, but you should probably also experiment in the ways
that you have it mounted on the instrument.

The suggestion of a lav mic on your chest is something I learned years ago
when I worked with Richard Stoltzman on a show. He walks all over the stage
when he's playing jazz. Since then, when I worked with eighth blackbird,
Michael Maccaferri uses the same technique for both clarinet and bass
clarinet when he's playing with their wireless rig.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Long Beach, CA

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