Hi,
I'm in the pre-production stages for a project which will involve recording a 14-piece string orchestra (8 violins, 4 violas and 2 celli), as well as separately tracking a grand piano, and I'd like to buy a pair of condenser microphones to augment my current pair of Shure KSM32 mics.
My thought, as of right now, is to record the violin and viola sections as a whole, using a pair of microphones in a stereo array, and to isolate the two celli (probably with baffles) with a single microphone on each (probably using the KSM32 mics for that). I'm still not sure exactly how I'll approach miking the grand piano (I wish I could find a Piano Barre, since I've read about them elsewhere and since the Earthworks Pianomic kit is a bit out of my price range), but I'm guessing a smaller-capsule pair of microphones would be easier to set up in a piano than the KSM32s would be.
I did see these mentioned in another thread:
AKG C 2000 B | Sweetwater.com
But I'd like to see (and hear, if possible) some other mics that people have used.
I'd like to keep my budget for both microphones under $1000, if possible (as far under that price as reasonable, heh...I'm a bit of a spendthrift), although I will consider wiggle room above that.
Thanks
I'm in the pre-production stages for a project which will involve recording a 14-piece string orchestra (8 violins, 4 violas and 2 celli), as well as separately tracking a grand piano, and I'd like to buy a pair of condenser microphones to augment my current pair of Shure KSM32 mics.
My thought, as of right now, is to record the violin and viola sections as a whole, using a pair of microphones in a stereo array, and to isolate the two celli (probably with baffles) with a single microphone on each (probably using the KSM32 mics for that). I'm still not sure exactly how I'll approach miking the grand piano (I wish I could find a Piano Barre, since I've read about them elsewhere and since the Earthworks Pianomic kit is a bit out of my price range), but I'm guessing a smaller-capsule pair of microphones would be easier to set up in a piano than the KSM32s would be.
I did see these mentioned in another thread:
AKG C 2000 B | Sweetwater.com
But I'd like to see (and hear, if possible) some other mics that people have used.
I'd like to keep my budget for both microphones under $1000, if possible (as far under that price as reasonable, heh...I'm a bit of a spendthrift), although I will consider wiggle room above that.
Thanks