chuckduffy
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Continuation of last post on my recently purchased 76 Yamaha U3 upright. Finally got it tuned after about a month to get acclimated to new environment. After some false starts with ground loop/noise issues, noisy power, gain issues, mic problems, boom problems, etc. I am finally up and recording using a single cascade stereo ribbon. I'm getting a nice, natural, mellow tone with a decent stereo image I have been looking for for like pretty much my whole life. Sounds like it sounds when I'm sitting at it playing. I rolled off some low end, cut 4 dB at around 200 with a wide Q, bumped about 4dB at centered on 3k with a wide Q. Interested to see what people think. Just a little over a minute snippet.
Snippet of Yamaha U3 Upright - recorded with Cascade stereo ribbon, cover off, soft pedal until about half way through.
Snippet of Yamaha U3 Upright - recorded with Cascade stereo ribbon, cover off, soft pedal until about half way through.
There are a few stray mechanical noises coming from below the hammers on a few notes, but no sticky keys. Were you thinking of mechanical noise?