Fortunately it held but my heart will never fully recover from beating that fast for so long.
Microphone Viagra!
Fortunately it held but my heart will never fully recover from beating that fast for so long.
I'd put it away after takes too man.
What Steeno said about off axis is sometimes good and the pop filter too.
With phantom power off there's no need for concern.
Best of luck with your new toys.
it's a sound investment.
Take your time buddy, enjoy the process be hyper critical of your recordings. Find the optimum place to record in your room with your instrument and then find the optimum mic placement.
I wish you luck not that you'll need it.
i do lots of short recordings and listen back on monitors before choosing my fave placement and place.
it gets easier. Next you may want to consider room treatment. This is cheap when you see the improvements it makes to recordings. It's a sound investment. for a few sheets of rocksilk.
Rich
Hey again,
Sorry to hear you weren't very impressed.
Are you likely to be doing mixing work in this environment, or just recording the solo instrument?
If it's the latter, I'd be inclined to just make up a few portable absorbent panels instead of treating the whole room.
Rough and ready, but check these out.
OBTW, I will be primarily doing solo work to either a CD or Band-In-A-Box accompaniment.
Geezer
The reason I ask is, if you have no intention of working on mixes in your environment, it may be overkill to acoustically treat the whole room.
IDK, there are more knowledgeable guys on here when it comes to this, but if your goal is really to just record a cracking sax part then blend it into an existing backing track, then a few portable baffles could well be enough.
Also keep in mind that getting the recording right at the source is crucial, but that raw recording will never sound like your favourite records. (Unless your favourite records happen to be raw live performances. )
There's often a lot of 'production sheen' that goes on there, whether it's a high pass filter, a nice ambience, some delays....Whatever.
Hey again,
Sorry to hear you weren't very impressed.
Are you likely to be doing mixing work in this environment, or just recording the solo instrument?
If it's the latter, I'd be inclined to just make up a few portable absorbent panels instead of treating the whole room.
Rough and ready, but check these out.
+1 Paul. It might be worth getting the cloud lifter if its lacking gain.
it was worth a try.
Turns out everything works pretty darn good when the mic is no more than 5 feet away from me and placed in-between the stereo speakers.
Hi Guys,
Me again. Good news. I did some mic & volume testing this afternoon and found a sweet spot. Turns out everything works pretty darn good when the mic is no more than 5 feet away from me and placed in-between the stereo speakers. I was very happy with the test recording and have plenty of gain to spare. Definitely a big improvement over the Zoom Q3. Now alls I need to do is clean up my playing and I'm ready for my break-out.
When I have a decent take, I'll give it a post.
Thanks for all the help. I am really starting to dig this set-up I bought. Great advice from this forum!
Geezer