[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-23 Thread Martin Shepherd
I'm standing in the street about ten metres from the base of the tower. I used the rear 120 setting on the Zoom, mics pointing towards the church and away from the street. I rather like the starlings, but not so keen on the traffic. Martin Michael Gillespie wrote: Oh!, such a clear

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-23 Thread The Other
On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 09:11 +0100, Martin Shepherd wrote: I'm standing in the street about ten metres from the base of the tower. I used the rear 120 setting on the Zoom, mics pointing towards the church and away from the street. I rather like the starlings, but not so keen on the

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-22 Thread Martin Shepherd
Dear Michael, I can send an MP3 to anyone who's interested. I only discovered after doing the recording (at 9am) that the carillon at 12 noon plays the same tune, then follows it with 4 or 5 other tunes, so I must record the whole thing when I go back there again - which will be (probably)

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-20 Thread Martin Shepherd
Dear Damian, Sorry I'm a late arrival to this discussion - and I agree with what has been said already. It was Rob who got me started on this recording business: his MP3s of Fuenllana sounded as though they must have been produced expensively, but it turned out he had just plugged a cheap

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-20 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Martin, such quality is something special to French churches, didn't you notice ? ;- Jean-Marie ( no kidding I agree 100% with what you wrote about recording and I also own a H2 Zoom : wonderful little machine !) Just an aside - the small size and built-in mics of the Zoom make it

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-20 Thread Michael Gillespie
Is this recording of the carillon going to be available?! On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin, such quality is something special to French churches, didn't you notice ? ;- Jean-Marie ( no kidding I agree 100% with what

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-19 Thread David van Ooijen
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:08 AM, damian dlugolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently bought a ZOOM digital recorder.[..] There's a lot of information about equipment out there, but not much on the creative asplects of recording. Good question. I use recording in two different ways

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-19 Thread Rob MacKillop
Hi Damian, I don't use the recorder as a practice aid, but I can definitely see the advantage of doing so. I record when I want an mp3 for my website. So, that being the case, I have probably got the performance pretty good but never note-perfect. I've never played a piece without

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-19 Thread David Tayler
When I was starting to play recital (think 70s) I used the recorder (in this case, tape) occasionally as a reality check--horrible as it may be-- and also as a way to learn pieces for concerts. I would memorize the piece, which is absolutely essential as a paradigm--that is, you need to know

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-19 Thread damian dlugolecki
Thank you very much for sharing your experience and know-how. How interesting the analogy to the mirror and the idea of recording phrases. I use a number of practice techniques that I have picked up over the years. Difficult pieces I practice backwards; isolating the cadences and playing