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Re: How to get an accurate recording

Author: TomS
Date: 2014-10-29 23:50

I agree with Mr. Aviles ... the clarinet launches sound in various directions, depending on which notes are coming out. I normally try to record clarinet in a room with some reflections that tend to integrate the sound and I experiment and space the microphones to average out the ragged polar response of the clarinet. Not like a brass instrument, where all the sound comes out of the bell.

I'd say all instruments, where the sound mostly comes from the tone holes, have this challenge in recording ...

And all the variables with recording equipment (especially the microphones), the room, any near reflecting boundaries and their frequency characteristics, and engineering choices/tweaks can generate a variety of results.

Tom

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