Very clever, Chris! Is this from experience?
ed At 12:55 PM 4/4/2012, Christopher Wilke wrote: > Recipe for a really super natural lute sound: > 1) Use 20-50 prohibitively expensive mics. > 2) Place them at least 415 feet away from the instrument. > 3) Arrange them in an incredibly intricate array involving rigging from > a chemistry lab reminiscent of a bad sci-fi movie. (Be sure to record > in no less than four channels.) > 4) After recording, digitally manipulate the product with at least 4000 > edits, taking special care to remove all aspects of the natural sound > you don't actually mean to be heard (finger noises, fret buzz, the real > sound your lute makes, etc.). > 5) Liberally slather "La cathedrale engloutie" reverb all over the > finished product. > 6) Serve, relishing how your colleagues will compliment you on sounding > so natural it is even better than the real thing. > Chris > Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > www.christopherwilke.com > --- On Tue, 4/3/12, Brad Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Brad Walton <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] miking a lute/theorbo > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 12:05 PM > > Hello folks, > On the weekend I recorded two pieces in a professional recording > studio. I was accompanying a singer on the theorbo. The recording > engineer aimed two mikes quite close to the body of the theorbo. > On the recording, the sound of the theorbo is very tinny and distorted, > and bears almost no similarity to the natural/ acoustic sound of the > instrument. > Has anybody had experience with miking a lute or theorbo for > recording? What mike placement gave you the best results so far as > concerned fidelity to the natural sound of the instrument? > Thanks, > Brad > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > >References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
