Sam Spoons wrote:An afternoon doing test recordings to find the best mic positions for the marimba without the pressure of trying to record a piece might be time well spent (when we are allowed to that is). Then keep records so you can repeat the setup when you meet up to do some 'proper' recording.
This what we used to try and do, and it’s interesting listening back to various sessions, the differences, we’ve got it down to the right mic's, but positions have to vary, as our instrumentation changes sometimes, and it’s synths, integrating a DI'd sound into things, and monitoring that, I find most difficult out of all of it.
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Sam Spoons wrote:That complicates matters, obviously you'll need to repeat for different miked instruments. Apologies for teaching Granny to suck eggs
I find the biggest issue isn’t acoustic instruments, it’s when you start to ad electronics, speakers etc, trying to balance the speakers and put them in an ideal place, I prefer to mic-up the whole lot acoustically, including amps, rather than DI.
