How should I record my piano with the blue yeti microphone.

[portugal2life]

I am starting to compose my solo piano pieces but I'm having trouble recording. I would like to know how to get the best quality using my blue yeti mic and audacity. I know this mic isn't great for recording the piano, but there have been recordings that have surprised such as this one:
youtube.com/watch?v=PY-lLrclanw
I don't know how he made such a great quality video using this mic, but i would like to find out.
I believe the problem is the laptop that I am using, I'm using a Chromebook (probably one of the cheapest laptops out there) and it is running on chrubuntu so i can use audacity. It also might just be a piano problem, I'm playing on a winter upright piano that hasn't been tuned in about 7 months. You guys have any ideas on how i can improve the quality of my recordings?
Here is a short recording of me playing some improv in Bb min:
soundcloud.com/michael-marques-fernandes/improv-in-bb-min

 

[johanbudiman]

you need to familiarize yourself with "post processing" recording techniques with your audacity..., such as removing noise, compressing sound, playing equalizers....and etc..., you cannot get an instant result from your piano...the guy playing in youtube stated that he is adding "reverb"...so he has done some "re-touch" after recording...

however...blue yeti resolution only 16bit/48Khz, if you are recording an instrument it's recommended to use audio interface with 24bit/192Khz resolution...

 

[c7sus]

I am starting to compose my solo piano pieces but I'm having trouble recording. I would like to know how to get the best quality using my blue yeti mic and audacity. I know this mic isn't great for recording the piano, but there have been recordings that have surprised such as this one:
youtube.com/watch?v=PY-lLrclanw
I don't know how he made such a great quality video using this mic, but i would like to find out.
I believe the problem is the laptop that I am using, I'm using a Chromebook (probably one of the cheapest laptops out there) and it is running on chrubuntu so i can use audacity. It also might just be a piano problem, I'm playing on a winter upright piano that hasn't been tuned in about 7 months. You guys have any ideas on how i can improve the quality of my recordings?
Here is a short recording of me playing some improv in Bb min:
soundcloud.com/michael-marques-fernandes/improv-in-bb-min

You have very good chops. Yes, the piano could probably benefit from a tuning.

A little more information is necessary. How do you have the mic configured and placed? Stereo, I presume?

How is the piano configured? Is it up against a wall? Do you have the front off exposing the hammers? Do you have the top open?

Describe your room too. Dimensions? Carpet or wood floor? Do you have any acoustic treatment at all in the room?

In the "Wind Scene" video he is getting the sound reflected right off the soundboard and very little room sound, thus the light reverb in post.

In your take you are getting a lot more room sound, and the room isn't helping any. You're going to have to experiment a lot with mic placement to find the sweet spot that best captures the tone of the piano in a somewhat balanced manner and has the least amount of ringing.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr09/articles/uprightpianos.htm

Read Harvey Gerst's responses in this thread.

https://homerecording.com/bbs/general-discussions/recording-techniques/micing-upright-piano-26594/

 

[c7sus]

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[Steenamaroo]

you need to familiarize yourself with "post processing" recording techniques with your audacity..., such as removing noise, compressing sound, playing equalizers....and etc..., you cannot get an instant result from your piano...the guy playing in youtube stated that he is adding "reverb"...so he has done some "re-touch" after recording...

however...blue yeti resolution only 16bit/48Khz, if you are recording an instrument it's recommended to use audio interface with 24bit/192Khz resolution...

I don't see a need for noise reduction at all and 16/48 is absolutely fine.
Compression and eq are a matter of taste but I don't think they're the go-to thing here.

OP, in addition to c7sus' questions, am I hearing room ambience or did you dose the track with reverb?

 

[c7sus]

I don't see a need for noise reduction at all and 16/48 is absolutely fine.
Compression and eq are a matter of taste but I don't think they're the go-to thing here.

OP, in addition to c7sus' questions, am I hearing room ambience or did you dose the track with reverb?

Man, don't you know noise reduction and compression is the answer to everything?



Does anybody here even use noise reduction? I don't. Noise reduction for me is turning off the heater and the air purifier.

I think it's all room in that take.

I didn't want to get into it about the 24/196k thing.