new recording set up

[Anonymous]

@dazza – recording setup sounds great to me. i did read somewhere about if you play in front of a music stand, you can get interference with the music stand, something to do with the sound waves – but it doesn’t appear to make any difference.

i was able to see both photos you posted. in terms of sharing stuff – i recently tried out soundcloud for music eg

and dropbox for sharing music sheets eg
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x3o55qal1tpa33h/AACSavkH2wCJ5855J9MZnDiha?dl=0

not sure if there are any other better sites for sharing music, photos and music sheets? if anyone else can suggest some good free sites?

[William Cingolani]

Microphones: I finally had to go with an interface. I have this ribbon mic, a Royer R- 121 Studio mic. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/R121

and this Audient iD14 interface,http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/iD14

Hope they work for me. I’ll have something recorded whenever I get every thing humming together. This my set up now.

[john]

sxpoet, your timing has gotten better… you were groovin along to that very nicely, I wanted to hear a couple “blasts” tho!

Ribbon microphones are good voice mics therefor they’re good sax mics too.

Dazza, you coulda done much worst than a sm57. I love them for live but for under 100 bucks they’re a decent studio option as well. they beat out the sm58 which are the very popular live vocal mics (with the round ball) because the 57 have a crispier top end which is good for sax….they are popular mics for snares, guitar amps, and acoustic guitars as well.

As for being in front of a music stand while recording, it’s ok as long as you move it off to the side a bit and don’t let it act like a wall between your sax and mic

[Anonymous]

@Dazza – looking forward to your next upload, go for it!

@William – looking forward to hearing an upload with your new setup!

@Johnny – thanks for the music stand tip!
My recording was just a test run to hear what my guitar, and sax sounded when recored with 2 mic’s,
with a mix of 3 different drum loops. A total of 7 tracks, adjusted through the equaliser, and finally through the compressor to make them gel together.

Timing is the big area i am focusing on this year, gone back to grass roots, working a lot of sheet material to up my game.

[William Cingolani]

While re-arranging my sheet music and microphone I came across this info. about mic placement etc. https://reverb.com/news/how-to-record-a-saxophone

[Anonymous]

William – thanks for sharing, i bought this microphone which is similar
to the shure sm57
https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/condenser-instrument-microphone/akg-c1000-s-mk-iv-condenser-microphone#specs

but later i hope to buy this microphone
https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/condenser-instrument-microphone/akg-c-414-xlii-condenser-studio-microphone#specs

which is affordable enough for me to buy, but at the moment, i’m sticking
with the akg c1000s and the akgc519m clip on mic. i record with both of them, to separate channels.

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