Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2011-08-25 20:25
Yes, for me mid-instrument is about what I go for in a close mic setting. An arm's length or two. And if possible at aprox. head height (standing or sitting).
Depending on the mic's pickup area and pattern...sorry that gets a bit technical...directional mics with a small pickup area vs. cardioid mics with a bigger area of pickup (what I use), much if any movement side to side or up and down can cause huge changes in the recorded sound. Emotive histrionics get in the way, at least of recording up close...:)
Aside from the mic patterns, a fun read on wiki someday... at close mic intervals its good to realize how a change in the distance from the sound source (oboe) to listener (mic) reacts.
The technical phrase if I can remember it correctly is, "Sound intensity decreases at a rate inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the sound source..." Ha! Its a 2-way problem of closer Vs. more distance and how changing that during recording can be a very bad thing.
So moving around changing oboe's position even just 8-9 inches while recording from only a arm's length from the mic has a very significant impact on that.
Thus, good studio players learn to sit very still while playing, and BTW, to freeze and hold their breath, not suck their reeds or move their fingers for several seconds following a recorded section.
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