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Author: derf5585
Date: 2018-12-08 21:10
When miking a clarinet where to aim the microphone?
How about a bass clarinet also.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-12-09 22:49
The Clarinet does not shoot sound from the bell. Sound eminates from the instrument. As a rule I would be at least 10 feet back. Someone on the Board some years ago had success with a cardioid pattern condenser over his head (perhaps high ceiling ?). My favorite is is the Rode NTR active ribbon......wonderful results.
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Author: JMason
Date: 2018-12-11 07:37
I play in a church and I have an AKG C 519 ML $189.00 clipped to the music stand at the bottom where the 90 degree part comes out, the part were the music sits, and it works great. I record all my performances so I know the mic sounds good.
(OK the reason I record all my performances is as a learning tool. I listen to each recording with the music and critique my self, what I did wrong and what I did right. Some people do not like to listen to themselves play but I find it highly enlightening. )
The AGK C 519 is a condenser type mic but it has a plastic body around it so it just picks up sounds from the front. I have a trumpet sitting next to me and I get almost no pickup from him. I run the mic into a separate channel on the sound board so I can listen to just my channel and get no trumpet sound.
So with only about a foot between me an the mic with the mic height around the bottom 3rd of the clarinet it picks up all notes low and high and I can move around a little bit left to right and not effect the sound.
I hope this helps.
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2018-12-12 09:35
I'm no expert on microphones, but where you place it obviously depends on what type it is.
Perhaps the ideal one is a tiny "pick-up" that is placed on the instrument. I have seen those, particularly with jazz players.
If the mic. is not "directional", it may be best, as suggested above, to have it a fair distance from the clarinet. Problem here may be having it pick up other instruments louder than desired, particularly if you are soloing with a group such as a band or orchestra.
When I solo and use a mic., I generally have it maybe 2 feet from me, and near the middle of the clarinet. Then, ideally, I move a bit when most of the holes, or very few holes, are covered. So for example, on lowest E with everything covered, the sound will come out the bell only, so I would adjust for that by aiming the bell at the mic.--if at all possible. If I'm playing a section with a lot of throat notes I'll lean forward.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2018-12-12 09:53
Completely depends on what you want to do and the type of microphone (and sometimes other equipment). In some situations putting it 10 feet away as suggested would at best amplify nothing and at worst do nothing but feedback. Other times it's a good position.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-12-12 16:18
I was imagining a scenario where you would be recording excerpts or perhaps solo with piano. Even a solos performance with orchestra or band would benefit with an "area" approach opposed to getting "too close."
I did want to address feedback. Feed back is technically caused when a microphone is pointed in the direction of a monitor (speaker that is projecting the sound being picked up by the mic). The loop of energy is feedback. Of course if you turn up the gain for the microphone at "the board" high enough, you can pretty much get feedback any time just having speakers and mics in the same room.
Feedback is the bane of live sound.
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2018-12-13 10:06
>> I was imagining a scenario where you would be recording excerpts or perhaps solo with piano. <<
Sure, that's definitely one of many possible scenarios. The OP didn't have any clues to what the situation was, so it's all just a guess.
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