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Best way to mic a clarinet?

Author: chorusgirl
Date: 2009-05-07 13:26

So, last night was our band concert. During the stage band performance, each soloist performed with the mic by their instrument, and it was fine for the flute and sax, but when the clarinetist played (an amazing player for a seventh grader) I noticed that the volume was very uneven.

When he played in the lower register, it was too loud and distorted by the mic. When he played in the upper register, it was lost and not picked up by the mic at all.

Bear in mind that the mic and equipement are all school grade - meaning not very good quality. But the thing that really surprised me was the uneveness of the volume, which only occured with the clarinet.

So, what is the best way, in this situation, to mic the clarinet? In this case, the mic was placed right by the bell.

I was seated in the audience, center orchestra, about 8 rows back.

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