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  • January 27, 2017 at 3:57 pm #47014
    William Cingolani
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      My latest find re: Mic positions relative to saxophone. Look on Page 13. https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-computing/sites/ca.environment-computing/files/uploads/files/pro_mic_techniques.pdf

      January 28, 2017 at 1:01 am #47015
      Anonymous

        Interesting Document William – thanks for sharing.

        I record using two different mic’s about 2 feet from the bell at about left hand height when playing the sax.

        I’ve read the documents that came with both mic’s and they roughly compare to your document about optimum mic position.

        The problem with mic’s is they behave differently in the acoustics of different rooms. Imho you just have to make the best of the room you record in.

        My youngest daughter is studying a music tech’s course, which deals with all this sort of stuff, and she keeps telling me to record in the bed room which is more like a dead room compared to a room full of echos, which i presume messes with the recording.

        I am just as in dark about recording stuff

        January 28, 2017 at 7:06 am #47016
        William Cingolani
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          Thanks for the comments sxpoet. I’ll try two mics. I’ll also might try opening the window. That should wake the neighbors.

          January 28, 2017 at 3:01 pm #47031
          William Cingolani
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            sxpoet:I connected both mics, put up two ralex ProMax pads to block sound reflexion https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ProMAXCHA with one mike in one of these https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ReflexionX. I also opened the window and I put a new reed on the mouth piece. So to make a short story long the sound was a lot better. Thanks sxpoet for all the encouragement

            January 29, 2017 at 3:37 am #47032
            Anonymous

              Thanks William – Sharing information helps a lot, sometimes we can pick up stuff that works for us. But like i say, recordings an area i’m new to, in my case it’s trial an error.

              January 31, 2017 at 3:33 am #47202
              Anonymous

                Hi William, thanks for that interesting document. It may be good exercise for you to try using this analyzer tool in Audacity. By recording the same tune, with the mic in different positions for a comparative test. Perhaps just playing a range of notes from highest to lowest will suffice.

                Audacity tool

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