Hi Chris Your points are well-taken, however why should the mike hear what the live listener can not?
Joseph Mayes ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:44 AM To: Daniel Shoskes; Arto Wikla Cc: [email protected] 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") > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
