| OT: TOTALLY FORGOT!!! (Piano files now posted) [message #76548] |
Thu, 30 November 2006 19:22 |
Nei
Messages: 108
Registered: November 2006
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Sorry guys... I know I said that I'd post some acoustic piano
mic comparison files a couple weeks ago, and I realized that I
had completely spaced doing so... here they are (hi-rez mp3's):
AKG c414's (B-ULS.. the silver ones) through original ISA-110's:
http://www.saqqararecords.com/MiscAudio/Piano-414BULS-ISA110 .mp3
B.L.U.E. Bluebirds, also through some ISA 110's:
http://www.saqqararecords.com/MiscAudio/Piano-Bluebird-ISA11 0.mp3
Earthworks TC-30's (Omni SDC's) again through more ISA-110's:
http://www.saqqararecords.com/MiscAudio/Piano-EWTC30-ISA110. mp3
All three sets of mics combined at equal levels:
http://www.saqqararecords.com/MiscAudio/Piano-414s-Bluebirds -TC30s-ISA110s.mp3
Again, nothing special here - just a comparision for any of you
who may not have had a chance to use any/either of these mics.
All files are essentially raw, with no EQ or any other kind of
processing applied. Dither was used to get from 88.2k/24-bit to
the 16-bit hi-rez mp3 format, but other than that, they're
devoid of processing. For those who might like to know the
placement or anything like that, it was simply as follows:
A pair of 414's & a pair of Bluebirds were each mounted on boom
stands next to each other using a stereo bar... each bar had a
414 & a Bluebird on it. One setup of this kind was placed about
2/3 of the way down the low string side of the piano
(by "down", I mean towards the keys), and the other
414/Bluebird combo was placed about 2/3 of the way across the
strings on the high side at roughly the same distance from the
keys (we weren't going for an "overly-hammered" sound, so this
is why they were placed back a bit from the hammers. Distance
from the strings themselves was about 9-10 inches. Lid was open
in the fully-propped position (i.e.: not COMPLETELY flat-open as
in: "may as well be removed" lol).
The Earthworks Omni's were about 5' to 6'(I didn't measure
exactly... whaddya think I'm making a Steely Dan record
here? lol) away from the piano body on the open side of the
lid (the players' right hand side), and aimed/centered on what
I'd say was right about the middle of the piano, in an ORTF
pattern.
Tha's it - just a nice, clean acoustic piano sound. Enjoy!
Neil
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