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 Re: My clarinet sounds like a Kazoo
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2021-02-06 21:30

The recording process is its own discipline.


You may not sound like Emma Johnson, but I am sure you don't sound like the provided recording either (somewhere in between I'm guessing).



First off your are WAY too close to the mic. It even sounds like there may be some distortion involved. I seem to recall earlier attempts where you were determining which equipment to use and all of those (ALL OF THOSE) sounded better. So first off you need to be at least 10 feet from the mic with a clarinet (maybe more like 15 feet). Then there are automatic settings on the Zoom (default if I remember correctly) that you need to SHUT OFF so that you get a better differential between SOFT sounds and LOUD sounds. The default is good for recorded spoken voice when you want to hear all the sounds of every spoken WORD. But for music, you need nice transients (sharper, louder starts to notes) and nice tapers and softer endings.



To that end though you need to play your loudest sounds and set the recorder so that it is "peaking" (not in the red, or max input for the machine) in the safe zone (yellow blinky lights on most mixers........I'm not looking at the H1n manual........poor internet connection right now). Then the sounds that are less loud will actually record softer.


Also it is the room interactions that make Emma Johnson's sound appear the way it does.....lots of gushy, hall like reverb (whether natural or imposed).




Of course the clarinety way to improve the sound is to work much more from the belly. If you've ever tried blowing up a beach toy just with your breath.........that's the way it needs to feel ALL THE TIME when you play clarinet. The key is a really steady stream of air (whether it is a small stream of air for soft passages or a larger stream of air for loud passages), and that takes some work.





...................Paul Aviles
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