Hi,
In a little while I am going to be recording an upright piano in an apartment as a favour to an acquaintance.
In addition to the above, there are some other challenges/limitations in the situation, and I would greatly appreciate some advice about how to go about this to make the recording as successful as possible.
The challenges and limitations of the situation that I can think of are:
1. The piano has to be recorded in the apartment
2. The piano is positioned in a vestibule, against a wall
3. The vestibule is too narrow to pull the piano out and angle it in order to position microphones behind the piano, and/or to prevent reflections coming off the wall
4. I am sure that the owner, for whom I am recording the piano, will not let me remove any panels from the piano to improve sound/access to the piano
5. The choice of recording equipment I will have will be between one of two audio interfaces: a Boss Micro Br 80, which has two built in (can be set to stereo) condenser microphones, or which can have one microphone plugged into the unit; and/or a Zoom R 16, which also has two built in condenser microphones, or can which can have two mics. plugged into the unit
Given the above, what would you recommend as the best way of going about things in order to get as good a recording as possible out of the situation?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have.
In a little while I am going to be recording an upright piano in an apartment as a favour to an acquaintance.
In addition to the above, there are some other challenges/limitations in the situation, and I would greatly appreciate some advice about how to go about this to make the recording as successful as possible.
The challenges and limitations of the situation that I can think of are:
1. The piano has to be recorded in the apartment
2. The piano is positioned in a vestibule, against a wall
3. The vestibule is too narrow to pull the piano out and angle it in order to position microphones behind the piano, and/or to prevent reflections coming off the wall
4. I am sure that the owner, for whom I am recording the piano, will not let me remove any panels from the piano to improve sound/access to the piano
5. The choice of recording equipment I will have will be between one of two audio interfaces: a Boss Micro Br 80, which has two built in (can be set to stereo) condenser microphones, or which can have one microphone plugged into the unit; and/or a Zoom R 16, which also has two built in condenser microphones, or can which can have two mics. plugged into the unit
Given the above, what would you recommend as the best way of going about things in order to get as good a recording as possible out of the situation?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have.