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Mic's on the Piano.
Has anybody noticed how a Piano always sounds better when you are not
recording it. ) The thing is sitting in the studio and a vocalist or acoustic guitarist stops to tinkle the keys and it always seems to sound better than when you use all your experience, skill and judgement to try make it sound good. This seems to apply to all studios too... |
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Well duuuh!!!
I think they just sound nice on their own when you don't have to make them sit in a track or anything, and the mic. thats picking it up is usually in a nice sounding part of the room, after all I was recording a different acoustic instrument... Simplicity rules. |
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Sure i agree , without judgment about how it " should " sound and if it's good enough or the good & bad qualities [ it's an easy warm up for dealing with people hah ! ] But , yeah no pressure , maybe no direction either so the mere listening is easy to do regards Greg "studiorat" wrote in message oups.com... Has anybody noticed how a Piano always sounds better when you are not recording it. ) The thing is sitting in the studio and a vocalist or acoustic guitarist stops to tinkle the keys and it always seems to sound better than when you use all your experience, skill and judgement to try make it sound good. This seems to apply to all studios too... |
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Chel van Gennip wrote: For a piano you need distance, if you need distance the room gets more important. If you are in a room the human ear/brain compensates a lot for room acoustics, your mic's won't. -- Chel van Gennip Visit Serg van Gennip's site http://www.serg.vangennip.com If you are listening to a mic that got more of the room sound in it do you then compensate for those acoustics? Know what I mean? |
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If you are listening to a mic that got more of the room sound in it do you then compensate for those acoustics? Know what I mean? No. A microphone just picks a single signal. The human ear/brains are capable to distinguish a lot more directional information, especially if the head is moving. I know, but do you not think you may compensate by thinking that's the sound of the piano in that specific environment? I'm talking about the sound that is coming from the monitors... |
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