Hi Larry, What you describe is pretty well what this guy did: He put one mike about a foot or so to the right of my bell (my right) and another a couple of feet in front of me. He was anxious that I should not change my playing position too much so as to avoid any "bell tone" on the first mike.
Just about every other sound man I've worked with has simply stuck a mike up the bell and when I tried to explain why they shouldn't do it they either said "It'll be okay" or swore at me. This was a recording, not amplification on gig. Some else said "presume they're competent until they prove otherwise" - I presume the contrary, but the result's the same - I do my best, leave them to do theirs and go hom. Cheers, Lawrence On 16 February 2010 18:43, Larry Jellison <[email protected]> wrote: > In the case where you have other musicians near you, there is less ability > to place the microphone at a distance; in this case, a microphone a couple > feet off to the side of your bell is the best compromise-- shift the > microphone to the front for darker, to the rear for brighter. > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yateslawrence%40googlemail.com > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
