Piano recording.
Like other weeks' exercises, the job this week was to experiment several recordings of piano and several mixes of them.
The notable point here was the magnificence! of PZM microphone; I had tried it before and I had come to realisation that it was a wicked mike but I think I needed a confirmation as well; David Grice confirmed the quality of sound recorded by PZM!
The first is a mixture of C414, an NT5 positioned in front of the piano and a U87 picking the reverb of the room: Sounds a bit metallic but I kind-of like it. Especially when you have "repetitive" sort of music, (house,etc..) a metallic piano line would be nice.. the file is labeled: 1-aa2sem3week7c414nT5RU87R(1). Should be easy to find..
The second mix is pretty simple: a U87 with an omni pattern and two NT5s positioned in the read and he back of the instrument. I find the sound pretty wide and nice.. Labeled: 2-aa2sem3week7MSO-NT5s(2)
The 3rd one is probably the best one; a PZM sticked to the open lid of the piano and a stereoised! U87 (figure of 8 pattern and doubled; left and right are 180 degree different in phase) labeled: 3-aa2sem3week7PZM-MS(3)
The 4th exercise probably carries the "fullest" sound; It's not really surprising because there are 5 microphones present in the sound. PZM, both U87s of the M-S technique, and two NT5s:
4-aa2sem3week7PZMMS8MSoNT5s(4)
References:
- David Grice, 'Audio Arts 2.1' Lecture presented at the Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 29/4/2008
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