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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: bluenote2005 on May 18, 2011, 02:48:00 PM
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I've been asked to record someone at a jazz club in NYC. I will be seating front and center. I will be using my Church microphones and church preamp along with a Sony PCMD50 recorder. What should I consider to get the best recording? Since I have the okay to record the set, should I place the mics on the stage or somewhere else to get the best recording?
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My initial suggestion would be to place them on stage (or at the stage lip), center, roughly 3ft high, split ~20-30cm.
Is this an acoustic performance or reinforced with a PA? How many musicians?
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Yeah, we need more info. Are you using cards or omnis ??? If cards, run DIN, which is 20cm/90*, omnis, split them about 30-40cm ;)
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I've been asked to record someone at a jazz club in NYC. I will be seating front and center. I will be using my Church microphones and church preamp along with a Sony PCMD50 recorder. What should I consider to get the best recording? Since I have the okay to record the set, should I place the mics on the stage or somewhere else to get the best recording?
Jazz club? Dummy head with a pair of my omni mics on ether side.
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Yes it is a jazz club. It is a quintet and there will be a PA. I am using the CAFS mics that Church sells.
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Yes it is a jazz club. It is a quintet and there will be a PA. I am using the CAFS mics that Church sells.
If you are using Cafs I would recommend you wear them... If not then use a dummy head. Best place for these mics is on your head. Taped to eye glasses just above the ear facing towards the action. Gain on the preamp to 90%
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I've been asked to record someone at a jazz club in NYC. I will be seating front and center. I will be using my Church microphones and church preamp along with a Sony PCMD50 recorder. What should I consider to get the best recording? Since I have the okay to record the set, should I place the mics on the stage or somewhere else to get the best recording?
If the performer has a beard, clip your mics to it. That is by far the best.
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I've been asked to record someone at a jazz club in NYC. I will be seating front and center. I will be using my Church microphones and church preamp along with a Sony PCMD50 recorder. What should I consider to get the best recording? Since I have the okay to record the set, should I place the mics on the stage or somewhere else to get the best recording?
If the performer has a beard, clip your mics to it. That is by far the best.
I don't know, I'd tend more towards the handlebar mustache method than the beard method, but then again, I've never tried the beard method. ;)
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Yes it is a jazz club. It is a quintet and there will be a PA. I am using the CAFS mics that Church sells.
If you are using Cafs I would recommend you wear them... If not then use a dummy head. Best place for these mics is on your head. Taped to eye glasses just above the ear facing towards the action. Gain on the preamp to 90%
So turn the gain on the preap to 90%. What about the gain on the Sony? I usually have it at 100 and then adjust the preamp gain. If what you suggest is better, what should I have the Sony set to in terms of gain?
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Yes it is a jazz club. It is a quintet and there will be a PA. I am using the CAFS mics that Church sells.
If you are using Cafs I would recommend you wear them... If not then use a dummy head. Best place for these mics is on your head. Taped to eye glasses just above the ear facing towards the action. Gain on the preamp to 90%
So turn the gain on the preap to 90%. What about the gain on the Sony? I usually have it at 100 and then adjust the preamp gain. If what you suggest is better, what should I have the Sony set to in terms of gain?
Get the remainder of the gain from the Sony. Get most of the gain from my preamp.
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I've been asked to record someone at a jazz club in NYC. I will be seating front and center. I will be using my Church microphones and church preamp along with a Sony PCMD50 recorder. What should I consider to get the best recording? Since I have the okay to record the set, should I place the mics on the stage or somewhere else to get the best recording?
If the performer has a beard, clip your mics to it. That is by far the best.
I don't know, I'd tend more towards the handlebar mustache method than the beard method, but then again, I've never tried the beard method. ;)
Hmmm, a beard baffle ;)
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Yes it is a jazz club. It is a quintet and there will be a PA. I am using the CAFS mics that Church sells.
If you are using Cafs I would recommend you wear them... If not then use a dummy head. Best place for these mics is on your head. Taped to eye glasses just above the ear facing towards the action. Gain on the preamp to 90%
So turn the gain on the preap to 90%. What about the gain on the Sony? I usually have it at 100 and then adjust the preamp gain. If what you suggest is better, what should I have the Sony set to in terms of gain?
Unity gain on the Sony PCM-M10 is at Level 4 :)
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I've been asked to record someone at a jazz club in NYC. I will be seating front and center. I will be using my Church microphones and church preamp along with a Sony PCMD50 recorder. What should I consider to get the best recording? Since I have the okay to record the set, should I place the mics on the stage or somewhere else to get the best recording?
If the performer has a beard, clip your mics to it. That is by far the best.
I don't know, I'd tend more towards the handlebar mustache method than the beard method, but then again, I've never tried the beard method. ;)
Hmmm, a beard baffle ;)
Like this?
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I've been asked to record someone at a jazz club in NYC. I will be seating front and center. I will be using my Church microphones and church preamp along with a Sony PCMD50 recorder. What should I consider to get the best recording? Since I have the okay to record the set, should I place the mics on the stage or somewhere else to get the best recording?
If the performer has a beard, clip your mics to it. That is by far the best.
I don't know, I'd tend more towards the handlebar mustache method than the beard method, but then again, I've never tried the beard method. ;)
Hmmm, a beard baffle ;)
Like this?
Yes, exactly like that :)