About pro recording what I would like to hear is the same as in a concert
when I'm at the first row (what I try to do when I go listen to lute
music...)
I don't want to have my ears too close to the lute (as if I was myself
playing because in this case I'm not...) Too often we hear lute as if we are
10 cm close to the rose, then with much reverb... cathedral effect, not lute
sound.
Last CD of lute duets by Jean-Marie Poirier (LeftyJM) and Thierry Meunier is
really nice because it is a very natural sound, with just the room reverb.
V.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: "Daniel Shoskes" <[email protected]>; "Arto Wikla"
<[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:44 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Modern lute recordings
(Back to commercial recordings, not folks' 'tube submissions)
In my view, if you notice the reverb, its too much.
I'm also a big advocate of close miking. This is another thing that is
especially appropriate for a soft instrument like the lute, but is rarely
done. Its funny, I've done a fair amount of recording with LOUD rock
bands where the philosophy is to get the cleanest example from each
instrument by putting the mics right on the amps or drums.
Name the last movie you've seen that featured a scene with characters
whispering in which the sound engineer decided it would be a good idea to
record in a warehouse with mics on the other side of the room.
("Hhhhere'sssss thhhhheeeeh ssssseecccret-t-t-t
iiinnnnfffforrrmmmmmationnnn yyyoouuu wwwwannnt-t-t-ed-ed-ed."
"Wwwwhhhhat-t-t-t?") How ridiculous would that sound?
--- On Wed, 3/17/10, Arto Wikla <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Arto Wikla <[email protected]>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Modern lute recordings
To: "Daniel Shoskes" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 2:23 AM
Hi Danny and the List,
The sound of that "tubing is really very natural, and I
cannot hear any extra reverb, either. And very nice and
relaxed playing, too!
All the best,
Arto
Daniel Shoskes wrote:
> I've posted several times the processing
I use, based on the
> recommendation of my sound engineer
uncle. I apply an "inverted smile"
> EQ and if I am recording in my small
office, I add a small amount of
> reverb (if I am alone in the house and
can record in the big living
> room the reverb is not necessary). The
"inverted smile" corrects for
> inadequacies in the response of the mic.
I was once recorded with a
> $15,000 mic and that led me to believe
that cheaper mic+EQ is very
> close to the reality captured by the
expensive mic and therefore that
> the EQ isn't "cheating". In my most
recent recording, using a superior
> mic (but not in the thousands of dollars)
I thought the sound was much
> better and only the tiniest adjustment
(taking down the highest and
> lowest bands in the EQ) was needed:
>
> [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2w15WCzoWY
> Danny
> (not a "lute hero" but a regular
"y-tuber")
>
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