Acoustic Guitar

For this recording I decided to use room "C" because i wanted a smaller space to try and avoid too much room and hone in on the sound of the acoustic guitar. I decided to put up two pieces of foam on the walls behind me and in front of me to absorb the noise coming out of the instrument. I was trying to avoid having two many reflections that would be picked up by the microphones giving more of a "roomy" sound to the recording. I wanted to capture the instrument as accurately as i could and found that the recording using the spaced pair of the Paluso CEMC-6's captured the best recording. The Jecklin disc with the QTC1's also gave a nice recording, but it was little more "fat" and "muffled". I really preffered the definition i got from the CEMC-6's.

Coincident Pair of AKG 414's
No attenuation with a Cardioid Pattern
Serial numbers:45555 and 45654
Approximately 2.5 Feet from instrument

Royer SF -12 Ribbon Microphone
Serial number 1956
Approximately 3 feet from the instrument at a 45 degree angle

Jecklin Disc w/ Earthworks QTC 1
Serial #'s: 1324 and 1327

Paluso CEMC-6
Spaced pair of cardioid condenser microphones
1 foot away from instrument 3 feet apart
Serial #'s 100 and 101

Piano

I decided to record the beautiful piano that we have in the studio. I used little dampening for this recording. I left the piano cover to the side and left the room set up as is for this recording. I wanted to achieve a nice full and open sound from the piano.

I wanted to show you all the recording I did with the Royer because it was not as good as i had hoped. I think it may have been due to the fact that it was 5.5 feet away. If I was to do this recording again with the Royer I would put up more absorbing material around the piano and have the royer about 3 feet from the piano (still at a 45 degree angle)

I will also play the recording from the Earthworks QTC 1 in a Spaced pair 8 inches from the piano and 24 inches apart. This micing technique gave an amazing sound that I felt really did justice to the piano. The panning of this stereo technique really got me excited because you can really hear the difference between the left and right hand coming out of the speakers. This micing technique also gave an honest sound of the instrument

Royer SF -12 about 5 feet from the piano @ 45 degrees
Serial number 1956

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Coincident Pair of AKG 414's
No attenuation with a Cardioid Pattern
Approximately 4 feet from the piano
Serial numbers:45555 and 45654

Earthworks QTC 1 in a Spaced pair 8 inches from the piano and 24 inches apart
Serial Numbers: 1324 and 1327

Earthworks SR-30 in a Coincident pair
Approximately 5.5 feet from the piano
Serial Numbers: 0673 and 0671

Glockenspiel

I wanted to try something a little different from what most people would record when choosing to record the glockenspiel. I decided to use the main room as I wanted to get a orchestral sound and felt that this room would most closely resemble a room in which a full ensemble would be playing in. I also wanted to find the mic that would give the brightest sound to this instrument and after trying all four different techniques i found that Paluso CEMC-6 matched pair of cardioid condenser microphones 6 inches away from instrument 18 inches apart gave the best representation.




Spaced pair of Km 100s + 40 capsul
2 Feet away from instrument and 6 Feet apart
serial #'s 2553 and 4037

Jecklin Disc w/ Earthworks QTC 1
Serial #'s: 1324 and 1327

Paluso CEMC-6
Matched pair of cardioid condenser microphones
6 inches away from instrument 18 inches apart

Serial #'s 100 and 101

Coincident Pair of AKG 414's
No attenuation with a Cardioid Pattern
Serial #'s 45555 and 45654