It depends whether we are talking about professional or amateur recording. If it is professional, Jacob Heringman says, in reply to the following question by Ed Durborow.
"What mics and placement did you and your engineer settle on for your last solo recording? Always B and K 4006s, one pair, placed roughly where the ears of a person standing six feet away from where I'm sitting would be. More specifically, I'm sitting on a very low little stool near the ground, and I think the height of the mics (if I remember correctly) is about the ear height of a person of average height standing before me. The diagonal line from mics to lute bridge is usally six feet or so. There are no additional ambient mics." These are omnidirectional microphones. However, if it is an amateur recording on a computer that you are looking for, I would tend to go for an M-Audio Transit to avoid the poor A to D Converter in the computer, and then use a high output microphone such as the Sony ECM-MS907. I see that this is described as a microphone for digital recording. I think this means that you will not need a preamp when inputting to a computer or an M-Audio Transit. I don't think that it means that it has an inbuilt A to D Converter. Perhaps, Roman Turovsky can clarify that, as he seems to know this microphone. Of course this amateur set-up will not have the quality of Jacob Heringman's B & Ks. Anthony Le 5 fevr. 07 =E0 19:32, Nancy Carlin a ecrit : > I would also recommend the Sure mics. Generally the difference > between the 57 and 58 is that the 57 is considered an instrument mic > and the 58 vocal. The 58 has a bigger end to protect the workings > from singers that hold it really close. Otherwise they are about the > same. One real advantage of these mics is that they are made to stand > up to being moved from place to place and can even live through being > dropped once in a while. On the other hand if you drop an expensive > condenser mic it usually means a trip to the repair shop. > Nancy Carlin > > >> I use a high sensitivity clip mic on my acoustic, then put that >> thru' a >> Korg AX10A acoustic processor, for my lute I use a directional mike, >> Shure SM58 or 57 then run it thru the same processor which adds a bit >> more body to the sound. >> >> Neil >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eugene C. Braig IV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 05 February 2007 15:48 >> To: Doc Rossi; Louis Aull >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: microphones >> >> At 12:50 PM 2/4/2007, Doc Rossi wrote: >> >>> On Feb 4, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Louis Aull wrote: >>> >>>> Ask any performing acoustic guitar player and they will swear by >>>> internal >>>> pickups over external mikes. >>> >>> Sorry, Louis, not me. >> >> Nor me. >> >> Eugene >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Nancy Carlin Associates > P.O. Box 6499 > Concord, CA 94524 USA > phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 > web site - www.nancycarlinassociates.com > Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > > -- --
