> I would like to ask you 2 questions about sound and recording.The first
> one is can you decribe the microphone techniques used for reinforcement
> of a singer and an acoustic guitar?The second one is can you also
> decribe the microphone techniques for recording a piano and a trumpet
> for vrious genres of music?
However, there are some common grounds. Condenser mics capture thosenuances so they are usually the way to go. To record trumpets you'llneed a mic which can take rather high volume without distortion; forpiano there are many different ways (at least 6 that I know of) but inshort you want a good balanced stereo image and you probably want totreat the lower register and the higher register differently. Forvocal, gosh, there are even ten times more things to say because it_really_ would depend on the singer's vocal quality and your musicgenre. I'd say the sibilants and other harmonics are what we areusually very careful with -- this is where EQ comes in to shine. Ipersonally don't touch fundamental frequency (F0) too much, but again,that depends on the style. For acoustic guitar solos, I place a mic 3inches in front of the sound whole and sometimes close enough tocapture all the picking/fretting noises. Sometimes I use hypercardioidfor that one and place another one farther from the player to get thefretting noises or even overall ambience. I usually had to remind theguitar players to make as little unnecessary noises as possible sincemic'ing really amplifies everything.
That's all I can (afford to) say now. Hope this helps.
> one is can you decribe the microphone techniques used for reinforcement
> of a singer and an acoustic guitar?The second one is can you also
> decribe the microphone techniques for recording a piano and a trumpet
> for vrious genres of music?
> I would like to ask you 2 questions about sound and recording.The first
> one is can you decribe the microphone techniques used for reinforcement
> of a singer and an acoustic guitar?The second one is can you also
> decribe the microphone techniques for recording a piano and a trumpet
> for vrious genres of music?
Hi XXX,
Is this your school application essay? If so, I strongly suggest you get a book and study it since a short answer doesn't make a good essay.
However, there are some common grounds. Condenser mics capture thosenuances so they are usually the way to go. To record trumpets you'llneed a mic which can take rather high volume without distortion; forpiano there are many different ways (at least 6 that I know of) but inshort you want a good balanced stereo image and you probably want totreat the lower register and the higher register differently. Forvocal, gosh, there are even ten times more things to say because it_really_ would depend on the singer's vocal quality and your musicgenre. I'd say the sibilants and other harmonics are what we areusually very careful with -- this is where EQ comes in to shine. Ipersonally don't touch fundamental frequency (F0) too much, but again,that depends on the style. For acoustic guitar solos, I place a mic 3inches in front of the sound whole and sometimes close enough tocapture all the picking/fretting noises. Sometimes I use hypercardioidfor that one and place another one farther from the player to get thefretting noises or even overall ambience. I usually had to remind theguitar players to make as little unnecessary noises as possible sincemic'ing really amplifies everything.
That's all I can (afford to) say now. Hope this helps.
Tsan-Kuang
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