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Re: Recording clarinet for performance exams

Author: claricolin
Date: 2020-08-31 13:37

Hi Jen, as one fellow Scot/scientist/adult clarinet learner/young kid parent to another:

I just did a video exam. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be to get an acceptable (to me at least) result. After much experimentation, I ended up videoing myself with a Nikon D750 DSLR, and used an SE X1A condenser mic placed kind of at ceiling level about 2m in front to me (thanks to Paul A. for that advice). The mic needs a usb interface, and I used a cheap Scarlett Solo. My pieces were accompanied so I used Adobe Audition (but the free Audacity app would also do) to play the accompaniment files, and recorded myself as a second track on that file in real time. Then, I used Premiere Pro to replace the audio from the Nikon with the audio from the SEX1A / accompaniment.

It was a lot of work and, given the result I achieved (I passed, but not by much), I would have been better off concentrating on the clarinet instead of the tech!! I did learn a bit about recording, though