Piano recording help!
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Posted on Nov 27, 2007 05:36 am
meltdown5
Faze 2 Studios
Member Since: Aug 15, 2005
Ok, so this Friday im going to help my friend work in his brand new home studio. And the first project we are going to work on has a piano in it. So, we are going to record his piano because its the best thing we have to get the job done. Thing is.. neither of us have ever recorded a piano before.
So what i'm looking for is techniques to mic this bad mofo. I have no idea where to start on mic placement so any help would be nice.
Its an upright piano, and its going to be in a living room (we plan to use blankets and such to help control the room, cause we cant move the piano up his stairs into his treated studio)
As far as what relevant equipment we have, here it is:
Firepod
into a Imac with Logic
x4 Shure Sm57's
1 Shure sm58
1 pair of Rode Nt5's
1 Rode NT1000
1 At4040
1 At4041
1 Shure Beta 52
ok, i think thats all the info you guys need. let me know if anything else would help..
any help would be very nice, it should be a good project if we can get this piano to sound good.
-melty
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Nov 27, 2007 08:58 am i found these on the subject....i'd put the piano in the middle of the room to start, walls are not your friend. also tune the thing!
www.gearslutz.com/board/r...ight-piano.html
UPRIGHT PIANO
• Remove the panel in front of the player to expose the strings. Place two mics (usually flat condensers) about 1 foot from the bass and treble strings.
• Face the soundboard toward the room (not next to a wall). Mike the soundboard a few inches from the bass and treble strings with two mics (ideally, flat condenser mics, but dynamic mics with a presence peak often work well).
XYLOPHONE OR MARIMBA
• Place two flat condensers 18 inches above the instrument and 2 feet apart.
Keith WarrenMans reach exceeds his graspMember
Since: Oct 23, 2007
Nov 27, 2007 10:26 am Another tip that sounds weird, but yields some cool results is to pull the piano off the wall about 1 1/2 feet and place a condenser mic one foot above dead center of the void. On uprights it catches an ambiance that adds a special kick, kinda like a piezo on an acoustic.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 27, 2007 09:51 pm The NT5's as a stereo pair near the sound board. And the 4041 can be set up as Keith suggested for a mono ambient mic. Mix to taste. You may find moving the mic's around a bit until you get the sweet spot is going to be needed.
