Basoons?

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How do you record a bassoon? Do you use a Condenser or a dynamic? Who do you mic it?

I would assume you would use a condenser, but then I thought, well, the air coming out of it would destroy it, wouldn't it?
 
lol, destroy the mic? no...wind isn't really that powerful ;)

I've never recorded one, but I'd try a large condenser pointed towards the bore hole. Not really directly above it. Maybe even spaced further out in front of the player to just pick up the entire sound.

use your ears.
 
It's not powerful enough to destroy? Well, I'm not positive I beleeve you, cause in that case you're disagreeing with several other people on here and the manual. So I dunno what to think now.
 
haha, please point me to someone here that says the wind/sound from a bassoon is powerful enough to destroy a condenser's diaphram. If a condenser can withstand a screaming singer or a blasting trumpet or drum cymbals...I'm sure a bassoon (which doesn't get nearly as loud as those instruments by the way) won't do any damage.

You have heard a bassoon before, haven't you?
And is this the bassoon manual or microphone manual that you're talking about? It actually says "don't record a bassoon with this microphone"
???? :confused:
 
I think he's thinking ribbon mic... and then only if it's pointed at the sound hole and close enough to get a blast of air.

I would probably record a bassoon fairly ambiently, so a condenser or ribbon a couple feet away.
 
well, mymanual says something like blowing directly into it or direct wind or something will dmage it.

And one time I had a thread about micing a bass drum, and, don't ask m how it got to this point, but the guys on here said if you put a condenser infront of the soundhole on a bass drum, it would destroy it.

Thats why I have concerns about the air thing.
 
well, they've probably put that as a precaution. What they mean is don't intentionally walk up to the microphone and blow real hard in it or take an air canister or some sort and spray it in there. Really I think the reason they added that is because of the typical way people go up to a microphone and tap it or blow into it to see if it's on. Their just saying be careful.

But have someone play the bassoon and put your hand where you're going to mic it (or right above the bore hole). How much air do you feel? Probably hardly any.
Trust me man...you'll be fine. You won't damage the mic recording a bassoon. Again, condensers are used in much more rugged environments that that.
 
like the rest of the woodwinds it also has quite a bit of it's sound coming from the holes too so experiment with something on the body as well...
 
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Same technique as you would use for any other woodwind will work for bassoon.

There isn't enough wind coming out from anywhere on any wind instrument to blow a diaphragm, or a ribbon for that matter.
 
Last week, I stuck a U87 right in front of the bell of a loud-ass saxophone. No it didn't sound good, but no, it didn't hurt it either.
 
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