Microphone for Grand Piano Recording
Hi. I need to record myself playing a grand piano. The repertoire is classical: chopin, beethoven, rachmaninov, etc.
It will be recorded both at home and also when I play live in a variety of concert halls.
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Micing grand piano in a very small room
Hello From Akron (portage lakes area). Hey I am Micing A grand piano in a very small room the acoustics suck, but cant be moved. I am going to use 2 sm58s close to the strings on each end and 2 ES973 Hypercardioid Condenser Microphones under the piano on the hardwood floor
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Monitor speaker for grand piano, similar sound to HD-650s?
Can anyone recommend an active monitor with sound characteristics similar to the Sennheiser HD-650s? I like the 650's liquid mids, relaxed highs, and strong but not bloated bass.
I work exclusively with solo classical piano material and my room is 12x16.
Baby Grand Piano Recording
Hi everyone,
I have a session booked to record a baby grand piano over an Algerian fusion group which I recorded half live / half overdubbed percussion. The playing style of the pianist will be kind of cuban jazz and I want to know the best way to capture such a genre.
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Recording classical grand piano with Schoeps MK21s
Hi guys,
my question is about one of the most demanding acoustic instrument for the recording engineer: classical grand piano.
I'm a pianist and I wanted to record my live recitals, so I began with RODE NT4, then Neumann KM183s and finally Schoeps CMC5 with MK21 stereo matched (I choose MK21 over MK2 because of non stellar acoustic venues where I play).
Micing & recording grand piano
I have to run sound for a quintet. Violin, DoubleBass, Elec GTR, Acordeon(Bandoneon) and Acoustic Grand Piano.
We will be on tour in many locations around Europe and China, but first we must make some gigs at my country, Argentina.
The range of Pianos we use goes from Ronish 1/4 to Steinway 1/2.
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RODE NT2-A for grand piano recording
I am assembling gear for recording my grand piano in my living room. The room acoustic is pretty good, fairly well damped but I think sufficiently live for a pleasing sound. I don't really want to spend too much, certainly no more than $1500. I will be using the Focusrite Sapphire with my MacBook Pro.
[Edit: I forgot to say that for near-field monitoring I am using the Blue Sky EXO.]
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Grand piano + 2 ev blue mics = wide frustration.
Hello,
I'm musician new to this forum and quiet new to recording DIY.
(I tried to use search button for my problem but couldn't find any answer)
I have two Electro-Voice Blue Cardinal mics and nice baby grand piano, external sound card and few very good softwares.
Here is data of mics:
Recording grand piano in a church
I have to record my next classical solo piano recital (Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff) in a small-medium sized church, in which reverb could be a problem.
The piano will be a steinway concert grand and I have at my disposal 2 Neumann km 183 (omni) matched, 2 schoeps cmc5 mk4 (not matched) and 2 schoeps cmc5 mk 21 (not matched).
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Recording Jazz Trio, Grand Piano, Drums, Upright Bass.
Dear Engineers,
We are trying to record our jazz trio inside a small ..13'x19'x9' room.
looking at everything from the front, it's just like a 13x19 stage and if you are on the audience side looking at the stage, here how we are set up in the room:
Grand Piano on the left , Drums in the center, Upright Bass on the right