| Why did I bother with that gig...??? [message #80703] |
Sun, 25 February 2007 20:00  |
Doug Wellington
Messages: 251
Registered: June 2005
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
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Well, my Sunday afternoon live recording session has come and gone.
Where to start...?
OK, as always, things change. I get there and find out that I've got
piano, cello, flute, soprano singer and poet reading poetry. Now I need
another mic so I give up on using a pair on the piano. Poet is most
picky about microphone and placement. We try a couple mics and end up
using the 4033 on him. Room is boomy yet nasty bright, and poet likes
to stay back from mic and speak softly. Feedback hell - rode the fader
the whole time. (I'm supposed to keep the poet louder than everyone
else of course...)
Because room is so loud, musicians tell me, "I don't need a mic..." I
ask them if they want to be recorded? Of course they do! Well,
apparently they forget this, and since it's a rotating lineup, they move
around for each piece! Luckily the room is so bright and boomy that
they bleed through fairly well. This is gonna be a nightmare to mix...
I didn't care for the 421 - I think I need some kind of nuclear preamp
for that thing! The up side is that I didn't have any problems with
feedback from that one. I'm gonna see if I can trade that one back in
on something else - maybe that EV...
Sigh...
On the bright side, the composer/pianist was appreciative. And he knew
how to use a mic too!
Doug
http://www.parisfaqs.com
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