Hi. I'm absolutely going nuts trying to decide on the next set of items to enhance my simple home studio for recording solo piano, piano trios and so on. I do mostly acoustic jazz and live group recording.

Current environment:

A lovely Steinway baby grand :)
A big room with high ceilings

Hello,

First-timer here.

I'm recording a friends jazz band this week as a non-paying favor...basically they are looking for a live demo in a wine bar, so this is really limiting the setup. The band is:

Hello,

I'm new to this board, althought I guess some members know me from the Samplitude board.

Hey, I'm recording a small jazz combo in an untreated garageish room and don't really know how I should mic them. The first and so far only thing I tried was using one condensor as a room mic, which by itself got an ok sound. I placed it in the middle of the room by the sax player, the bass amp and drummer where in the corner of the room (pretty big garage).

I just started a jazz music program at university and, as a singer, I'm required to buy a vocal mic. I don't have much experience with them and I want to make sure that I make a good choice.
Does anyone have a suggestion?

(I'm not sure yet how much I am willing to spend but I'm a student so times are fairly tight.)

I am an Orchestrator/Producer/Pianist in Venezuela, with 30 yrs. experience in studio work, and from 5 yrs. now I have my own proyect studio (Built on PTLe).

Hey guys can you please let me know what the different tunings are for drums (typically) is.
Like for instance, I know a drummer who learned to play in band back in high school. His teacher taught them how to tune to a jazz kit set-up. But now adays he plays mostly metal, and he still uses the same drum tuning he has asways used.

I have a Fender Standard Jazz Bass 5 string. I bought it used and it has two pickups, One is really loud, and the second one (which I think sounds better, not as throaty as the first one) is really quiet. So if I'm trying for a nice smooth sound I have to crank up my amp. Is this a common problem, or should I look at this?

Hello everyone,

I posted a similar topic a while back in the "Recording Studio" forum, and as of late I have a bit more gear to choose from this time. So, that said, here goes...

How might you all utilize the following gear in order to record a professional Jazz guitarist playing *solo* electric guitar?

Does anybody have suggestions as to buying ACID loops
for swing, standards, and jazz styles? I have been on Ebay, and no one seems to offer tasty mainstream quality loops...