I recorded a piano recital this evening. My daughter's teacher held it at a small local college's music hall. For speed and low-profile, I spaced a CA-11's cards inside the grand piano per some of the recording tutorials I read at the last minute (CA-11->9100->r-or9HR @ 48/24). I asked the piano teacher to play up and down and the levels looked hot. She had to greet parents and I didn't get a second chance, so I guessed on how much to turn the 9100 down - I guessed wrong.
The levels when the kids between the ages of 5 and 11 play are much quieter. As a result the average dB is around -35. Otherwise, it sounds pretty good for a shot in the dark mic placement on a grand piano based on a google images search.
The noise (hiss) is obtrusive in the software programs I casually know how to use to increase volume (Reaper/Audacity).
Would running this recording from my R-09HR -> V3 -> R44 result in an increase in gain with less noise than software? Dumb idea, or would that work? If reasonable, digital or analog to the R-44? I guess I could do something similar with the 9100 if that is a better idea....
Other ideas welcome.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
--Michael