Mercy, Living in Nashville, there are tons of studios around from basement to 16th Ave. Truthfully, I've used all sorts of mic setups. I find that the choice of mics depends a lot on who the engineer is or what the studio owner could afford. Rarely have I had priceless antiques put in front of me. I've had small mics dropped into the bottom soundhole and the chord taped to the top. I've played in what Hartford called a "bouquet" of mics pointed at different points on the mandolin. A lot of the time there is one mic placed about midway up the fingerboard and another placed either at the top or bottom soundhole. I prefer the top because it picks up more low end sound(that is, if we're using that method). Anymore, I find myself playing mostly into large diaphragm mics, either one or two, mostly Shure, Audio Technica, or AKG. Who's gonna waste a perfectly good Sennheiser or Neumann on a blasted mandolin? If there are two mics, again, one is placed in front of the fingerboard about 1st to 3rd position and the other in front of the mandolin body. I have also used small condensor mics aimed from beneath (looks like a "crotch" setup) with good effect. I don't understand the reasoning behind the setup, but it seems to work. Also, most of the mics are back in the 6"-8" range. The company that makes Blue mics has some good sounding ones too, but expensive. Grisman is hooked up with Audix.
As you might have guessed, I leave the serial numbers to somebody else. I usually just play into whatever is stuck in front of me. Tater On Jan 20, 2:06 pm, Dasspunk <[email protected]> wrote: > Taking the advice from Spruce (Bruce) that frequents the Mando Cafe, I > tried, and love, a Shure KSM32 mic 4" from the 12th fret. I love these > mics on almost everything and I use a pair of them for shows... as can > be seen in these somewhat creepy photos from a show last Thursday: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/dasspunk/TITSHLiveAtTheFrequency# > > Brian > > On Jan 20, 3:06 am, "Jonas Mattebo" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I have recently gotten some home recording equipment and am planning to > > record some music, mandolin included. So, I just thought I'd ask some of the > > folk here how to mic a mandolin to get the best sound? What kind of mic to > > use, how many mics, placement, effects (compressor, reverb and so on)? > > > I really like the mandolin sound on 'Stomp', maybe Mike or David remembers > > how the mandolins where recorded for that project? > > > Thanks for any input, > > /Jonas --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
