well after all this discussion, I'm wondering if I should try out the microphone setup again! ;-) Actually I think I am starting to get my head around all these issues, and a microphone is not really practical for the tiny, can't move an inch, places we usually play. Thanks for all the help.
As regards Tater's problem, I don't know if it would be worth talking to the sound people and arguing the case for microphone setups .- presumably all of the band have a similar opinion, and as Mike says, many years of experience doing it. Robin On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:39 PM, 14strings <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds like Robin got the kinks worked out..... > > General rules of thumb I've read about or experienced and mostly agree > with: > > Less EQ is better; if you have to EQ so much then maybe you need to > look at the source. > > A compromise must be reached for acoustic instruments; i.e. shooting > for tons of low AND tons of high is unrealistic and would probably > muddy the mix anyway....instead maybe we need to pick our voice in the > entire mix; our sonic slice of the pie if you will....similar to the > way Gilchrist might voice his mando to occupy that upper mid range in > a trad. bluegrass band. > > Boosting the lows on a typical board EQ does not really help the > mando; I've found that that low frequency is generally irrelevant to a > mandolin and will only introduce unwanted noise or unnatural tone. > > For plug in gigs I use a carbon fiber Mix Mandolin; which has a built- > in Schertler pick-up. I run that into a ToneBone Pre-Z pre-amp (made > by Radial) with almost no EQ adjustment except the low pass filter > engaged. > > I'm very happy with the sound; it's not perfect and it's not pure > acoustic but's workable. The Scherlter repsonds well to right hand > dynamics unlike some other pick-ups I've owned. > > If available having a mic to capture some overtones coming off the > mandolin would be a major plus. > > p.s. You can "hear" my set-up if you check out the YouTube link I > posted under "IMovie Mac Help" subject on this site. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
