I was experimenting with mic placement trying to get the best recorded sound on my piano. I am relatively new to recording, am on a limited budget and I am not a piano player. I am simply noodling around to record the sound.

Hey guys, first off thanks for reading this in advance! I'm looking to purchase a microphone to record my piano playing that I will be uploading to youtube. I will be playing pop songs (e.g. Trouble by taylor Swift, Marvin's Room by Drake etc.) so not your typical jazz/classical music.

I have a big festival coming so I tracked my daughter on this and did some experimenting. One song processed slightly different 3 times.

What do you think of the "sound" of these ?

1.) [MEDIA=soundcloud]audiokid/sage-piano[/media]
2.) [MEDIA=soundcloud]audiokid/sage-piano-2[/media]

Good evening guys,

I am very new to all this recording malarkey so bear with! I have only been researching online about home recording over the last couple of days so my knowledge is pretty limited on this topic.

Much disputed! The engineers and piano tuner/designers of "TuneLab", "Verituner," "Sanderson Accutuner" etc etc--all high end piano-tuning programs tell you, basically, NOT to spend money on a measurement microphone.

Hello everyone,

I'm currently attempting to record a grand piano, and have run in to a few little hick ups. To give you an idea of my set up... I have one Shure SM81 mic which is running through a lower end M Audio interface. I wish I could record it in stereo, but this is all I can afford at the moment.

I've been trying to get that typical dreamy piano sound for some time now with little results. It's often used in film soundtracks and such, a few notes high up the keyboard that have a lot of reverb/ambience and perhaps a little echo. Most of the time with strings backing. I'm not totally sure, which is why I'm posting here.

Instrument: Yamaha upright

Here is the space, a large classroom:20' x 40' long, 12' high.
Tile Floors, Brick Walls, Drop Ceiling, Sound Panels up high

Microphone Options:

I need help connecting my Casio CTK-551 piano to my pro 40 interface. I had just connected it and recorded a clip with it and noticed that it took about 1 second for me to hear the note i played after I hit the key. I just try to reconnect the piano so I could tell you the steps i took, but I could'nt remember what i did.