Hi, Belinda, Hurdy-gurdies are a bit tricky to mic - but you knew that. ;-)
There are a couple of microphones and mic combinations that I like for HG. With both of these, farther out is better: three or four feet out, at about four feet or five feet up, with absorbent screens behind the player and behind the mic - you want some liveliness from the space, but not too much. My very favorite mics for hurdy-gurdy are a pair of Royer R-122's, set up as a Blumlein pair. This is an old stereo micing technique, developed by Alan Blumlein. These are ribbon microphones, which give a very clean, crisp and rich sound. Another option is a large diaphragm condenser mic, such as an AKG 414, a Neumann TLM103, or a Rode NT2. With whatever mic it is, set it to cardioid pattern if it's switchable. Position as described above, in front and to the tail end of the player. If you are the player, the mic should be at about 1:00 o'clock to your position. Hope this helps, Alden On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Belinda Daughtry <[email protected]> wrote: > My band is recording a new cd and we're adding my hurdy gurdy to several > of the tracks. The mics we're using seem to be picking up the scratchy > sounds of the strings a lot, even though that's not how the instrument > really sounds in person. > My question is, what's the best way to mic a hurdy for recording purposes? > > Thanks for any advice, > Belinda > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hurdygurdy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
