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Recording clarinets

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2005-07-04 09:10

Hi

I have a trio with me on clarinet and bass clarinet, a flute and a doublebass. We recorded a few weeks ago and the CD just finished mastering. The flute player (who composed all the music and is in charge of the group basically) told me the clarinet sounds really good. I listened to the CD. The flute and doublebass sound pretty good, but I really don't like the sound of the clarinets, especially the Bb clarinet (the bass is reasonable).
Another person I play with a lot listened to the CD and said the sound is great except for the clarinet. He said he heard me a lot and it doesn't sound like me and maybe not even like a clarinet part of the time.
My conclusion is the microphones or microphones' placement wasn't good. The engineer used a Neumann condenser close to the keys, and another smaller looking condenser (have no idea what it was) below the bell. I'm guessing maybe the microphones were too close (especially the one near the keys).
Does anyone have any experience recording clarinets and have any conclusions about what works and what doesn't?

I had a better sound with just one condenser about a meter away when I just recorded a rehearsal of a different group (it was a different room too). The quality of the recording wasn't as good, but the sound of the clarinet was much better.

Thanks.

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