We've been working on another video - the idea to talk about recording saxophones, but it became obvious that many people have never looked at saxophones that hard, so the video stretched a bit - the first section looks at how saxes actually work and how you should not do certain things, and also the kind of detective work you should do when you have somebody with a sax that needs reco

Hello,

I am looking for advice on a decent setup for recording saxophones a Mic and a Pre-Amp. Making a call to one of the big online pro-audio companies gives me different advice for every engineer I talk with and the last seemed only to only recommend choices based on the high end of my "budget".

Hey all,

Hi everybody I've got about $400.00 to spend on a mic that will be used primarily for Micing sax and flute. I was thinking about possibly picking up an Electro-Voice RE20 for the job based on some things I have read in the past about them.

Alright, so here's my small dilemma...

I am going to be recording some sax coming up here pretty soon for a rock song. The player is incredible, in fact he has a doctorate's in music (he is the band director at the local college as well), so I really don't want to screw this one up!

Last night I recorded my daughter playing some bari sax etudes for a band camp application. I used mid-side with a K2 as the mid and a C414 as the side. Put the mics about 2.5 feet from the sax a little below the bell.

need HELP !

during next weekend I have to record a sax and a trumpet (swing music) the first time in my life.
Unfortunately I don't have a seperate recording room and it will be quite difficult to get real control over the tone during tracking. Also intensive testing and trials might be difficult. Therefore I need to do it the first time right.

Ok

Jazz band:
sax (soprano, alt & tenor)
piano
bass
guitar / banjo
trobone

1 room

Good things first
-A great sax player, no doubt
-Some fairly decent recordings (a couple of nt1a a few feet away)

Hi all

Yesterday I recorded someone playing the soprano saxophone.

He's a very engaged player (for over 50 years) using both every dynamic range available and using every corner of the recording space available.

I'd try Sure SM57, 58, RODE K2, NT1, NTK, AKG Solid Tube, AKG C3000...
But all of them aren't the right one for tracking Saxophone or Brass instument (It's not real when I listen) What is the Mic that I should go for it. Please help.
Thanks