Dear David and Stewart Le 4 juil. 07 à 12:57, Stewart McCoy a écrit : > Dear David, > > My impression is that the mikes are too good, inasmuch as they pick up > everything. In the Dowland Pavan I can hear you breathing. I prefer > the > Delight Galliard, where the mikes are a couple of yards or so away. > How > would it sound, if you put a thick sock or similar material over > the mikes > to take away the edginess? Ultimately it's a matter of taste, of > course, but > my preference is to aim for a softer, warmer, less brittle sound. Strangely the Galliarde of Clarkes does not have that problem so much, nor does the galliarde to delighte. I don't think a microphone can be too good. It may be too directional. John Buckman of Magnatune uses damping on the ceiling or the walls. Perhaps, curtains partly drawn could help.
The answer must be in the placement of the microphones. The sock would probably remove some high frequency content,which may not necessarily be the answer. Jacob Heringman says he places a pair of mics at the height of the ears of an average person standing before him. He says the diagonal line from mics to lute bridge is usually about 6 feet or so. This sounds a little further than what you have, but it also sounds closest to the solution for Delight Galliard which does sound good. "Microphones on stand, 2 meters away from me, 1m70 high (about where my ears are when I'm standing). " Galliarde of Clarkes is next closest to JH's ideal (and still quite good) and then the Dowland is furthest from JH's ideal, which does not seem so good. You are probably, gradually going away from the ideal position. It could be best to begin with the Delight Galliard position, and then tweak distance and height from there. Best regards Anthony > > All the best, > > Stewart McCoy. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:50 PM > Subject: [LUTE] mics arrived > > >> Finally I've had time to buy and try out my new microphones: Rode >> NT55. >> Listen to the first result: >> >> http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/david/homerecordings_f.html >> >> feedback welcome - yes, I know it's almost in tune, it's a _very_ >> wet day >> out here. ;-( >> >> David > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
