I'll probably need help from the pros on this one, but if ANYONE can help, I'd be much obliged.
I've taken an entire week off of work to record and now it's time to get serious. I'm going to be recording 11 original tracks of which 9 are piano driven. I have a 6' Baldwin grand (should be beautiful right?) IT'S IN MY LIVING ROOM!!! I'm going to be recording the piano using [(mostly) an x-y configuration] running 2 MXL 603s's into Soundcraft UltraMic Pres into my DPS16.
I did a test run the other night, and here's the problem. The mics sound great BUT they're so sensitive that they're picking up all of the hammer movement (clunks and what not). Ok, easy solution, right? Mic from a little farther. Ok no probs. Works ok. HOWEVER, my living room is a very large, very open space. (About 30 ft tall and about the same distance wide) I'm getting a very muddy tone now. I can't hang blankets or create a booth of any sort due to the height of the ceiling. GRRRRRRRR . . . cathedral ceilings be damned!! Can someone help me in any way? Suggestions, different mic placements, ANYTHING??
If you're going to suggest alternate mic positions, please keep in mind that I'd like to get a pretty full sound on tape from this instrument (my songs are written that way )
I hope SOMEONE can help me on this one, and SOON if possible. I'm running short on time and I'll be pretty damned pissed if I took a whole week off work for nothing. lol
Thanks a million!!
--Tax
I've taken an entire week off of work to record and now it's time to get serious. I'm going to be recording 11 original tracks of which 9 are piano driven. I have a 6' Baldwin grand (should be beautiful right?) IT'S IN MY LIVING ROOM!!! I'm going to be recording the piano using [(mostly) an x-y configuration] running 2 MXL 603s's into Soundcraft UltraMic Pres into my DPS16.
I did a test run the other night, and here's the problem. The mics sound great BUT they're so sensitive that they're picking up all of the hammer movement (clunks and what not). Ok, easy solution, right? Mic from a little farther. Ok no probs. Works ok. HOWEVER, my living room is a very large, very open space. (About 30 ft tall and about the same distance wide) I'm getting a very muddy tone now. I can't hang blankets or create a booth of any sort due to the height of the ceiling. GRRRRRRRR . . . cathedral ceilings be damned!! Can someone help me in any way? Suggestions, different mic placements, ANYTHING??
If you're going to suggest alternate mic positions, please keep in mind that I'd like to get a pretty full sound on tape from this instrument (my songs are written that way )
I hope SOMEONE can help me on this one, and SOON if possible. I'm running short on time and I'll be pretty damned pissed if I took a whole week off work for nothing. lol
Thanks a million!!
--Tax