Topic: How to Mic a Piano?

[Brian]

derps....so much for this being in the archive

way to go m0k3....it's all your fault

purely evil highjacking specialist is I!

I get the notion that maybe this thread was meant to go here in the first place, and someone with moving capabiliteis didn't realize that they stuck it down in the archive,.... until we highjacked it!

true

[on topic ]

So how would you guys mike an upright piano?  I think I would treat it like drum over heads and use two small diaphragm cardioid condensers spaced.  but hell why not try split omnis too!

or you could just go crazy with split omnis up close, an ORTF pair 6 feet in front of it, and another pair of omnis in the back for ambience

[Tim]

if you're supplying the mics

[Brian]

it can most definitely be arranged

mod-u87's? km130's? 140s? mk4's?  a pair of 57s? 

access baby!

[grider]

so I finalized this taping opportunity last night; he will be playing traditional jazz numbers, on what he he described as a "very nice Baldwin grand piano" which he is having professionally tuned this week, the gig will take place a week or so from now; I plan to do a comp recording first for mic placement, and let him select the mic placement; then I will do another comp with perhaps ORTF, DIN, and XY, and again let him select the sounds he prefers; I'm charging him $100 an hour; after we have everything set up I told him I just wanted to get out of the way, and roll tape, and let him create his art unencumbered by any distractions whatsoever; I saw him play for a couple of hours on saturday and his style is very precise and exacting so this should be big fun

[Tim]

sounds like fun!

[BobW]

nothing like highjacking an archive thread

Haven't seen the inside of a church since I was 13       

Kinda scary   

+Ts all around for the mic'ing tips


FWIW, if it's just a pianer, I'd mic it split omnis at about 5-10 feet w/ split 1/3 of the distance.