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 Re: Regular microphone not barrel mic
Author: fskelley 
Date:   2015-08-30 05:24

I spent a couple of hours on this today, with the best possible of all results- that I now know how I want to record and perform with mics, am happy with what I'm getting, and will not have to fuss much with it or spend any more $$ on mics or such. Silversorcerer (David), you are correct that it does not have to be difficult.

Much of the benefit of my testing today (as with other aspects of clarinet play) was in learning what does not matter, or matters only a little. Fairly large variation in mic position did little to the sound. A sort of "booth" made out of plastic bin lids (which I thought ought to do SOMETHING) made no audible difference, great- less to bother with. Swapping my $60 MB3000L (great reviews) for my $15 SP-33 (good reviews) made almost no difference- I'm sure one day I'll try a condenser but it seems what I have is already quite good. And I had already found the right EQ setting for my preamp- pull the highs down 8 dB.

All mic positions sound pretty good. But I got best combo of tone plus evenness of sound level per note from about 6" away, the mic just above the clarinet bell and aimed almost up (30 deg off vertical). That was a surprise, but that's why you do experiments.

And overall I like the sound, quite a step up from the barrel mics. I am pretty sure that yesterday something was bogus on my laptop that gummed up what I was hearing. I even had what sounded like buzzing in the mic, like I was overdriving it. Not a hint of that today. So I guess the moral is, with anything funny on a computer- reboot the software or the whole machine.

Again I am a happy camper- problems solved one by one. Which uncovers new ones I didn't know were there, but that's good, I think.

Stan in Orlando

EWI 4000S with modifications

Post Edited (2015-08-30 06:30)
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ned 2015-09-11 05:53 
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