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