| Placing Microphone Over A Musical Instrument [message #65933] |
Wed, 02 February 2011 01:32  |
Lancelot
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Registered: February 2010
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Why is it that the sound coming from the musical instrument has a different quality when a microphone is place near it? In our Christmas party last December, a friend played the violin and it sounds better without the microphone placed beside it.
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| Re: Placing Microphone Over A Musical Instrument [message #65981 is a reply to message #65933] |
Fri, 04 February 2011 12:53  |
Adveser
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Registered: July 2009
Location: USA
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I think the problem with capturing any audio event is getting 10-20Khz recorded accurately, but just as important is 20-40Khz, we can not hear those by themselves, but when they are created as a function of a single "sound" they become critical.
Naturally, most mics start rolling off above 3.5Khz, especially vocal mics. This is exactly why 10K dollar condenser mics exist. They will make it sound real.
http://adveser.webs.com/
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| Re: Placing Microphone Over A Musical Instrument [message #66106 is a reply to message #66100] |
Sun, 13 February 2011 20:45 |
Adveser
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There are a lot of condenser mics, a $10K one is an extreme example.
They make great stuff for 500-1000 bucks in condenser mics.
There is really nothing you can do to a dynamic mic to make it respond like a condenser mic.
Dynamic mics are for percussion and live sound really. They do well with guitars and bass because of those instruments' narrow bandwidth, so that's not out of the question.
http://adveser.webs.com/
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| Re: Placing Microphone Over A Musical Instrument [message #66176 is a reply to message #65971] |
Fri, 18 February 2011 12:35 |
Bill Wassilak
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Registered: May 2009
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I agree with Adveser somewhat, but you said the majic words right here:
"I forgot to mention about the speaker they used for that event. It was a very old one already."
Depending on how old the speaker system is, some of the 'old school' midrange drivers started rolling off 6.5khz. It wouldn't matter what kind of high dollar(full freq. range mic)you used, like Adverser said. The speaker system would not be able to reproduce it no matter what mic placement. That's why the violin probably sounds like crap when they mic it.
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