Micing a Piano

[cwill4bmore]

Any suggestions, how much am I lookin @???

 

[A Reel Person]

The piano could cost over $2000, alone.

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[bennychico11]

a) get a good piano
b) get at least two condensers. i just mic'd a piano with a Rode NT5. I only had one mic at the time, but the piano sounded really good through it. NT5s come in a pair and definitely worth the price for two small condensers. If micing a grand piano, i recommend putting one near the higher strings about a foot away from the hammers (the opposite way of the keys). And then another around the same place but on the lower strings.....maybe even further away from the hammers to allow the lower waves to have time to resonate.

 

[cwill4bmore]

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I aint looking to buy a piano, I'm just looking to mic one.

 

[cwill4bmore]

a) get a good piano
b) get at least two condensers. i just mic'd a piano with a Rode NT5. I only had one mic at the time, but the piano sounded really good through it. NT5s come in a pair and definitely worth the price for two small condensers. If micing a grand piano, i recommend putting one near the higher strings about a foot away from the hammers (the opposite way of the keys). And then another around the same place but on the lower strings.....maybe even further away from the hammers to allow the lower waves to have time to resonate.

Thanx^^^
Cool, anybody else with suggestions???


edit: also let me let folks know my intentions. I plan on using piano tracks to add to drum samples, so more than likely, I will not mic a piano in a studio, just bring the piano tracks to add.

 

[Treeline]

Is this an upright or a grand piano?

 

[cwill4bmore]

Is this an upright or a grand piano?

I dunno yet.................. What would be the difference??

 

[tenkas]

So you want to mic a piano but you don't know the difference between a grand piano and an upright piano....

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[cwill4bmore]

So you want to mic a piano but you don't know the difference between a grand piano and an upright piano....

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um.......... You gotta start somewhere

This is a help-me-out thread, that didn't help, thank you.

 

[DJL]

Any suggestions, how much am I lookin @???

Yeah, there are lots of hr.com threads on the subject... checkout the hr.com search engine.

Here is one of my favorite threads on miking pianos...
http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=72369&highlight=Piano

I hope the above link and thread helps you... good luck and best wishes.

 

[borntoplease]

here is a great thread on micing piano... i think he achieved a great sound with two MXL V67s... take a listen and read the thread

http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=140104&highlight=v67+piano

 

[wimat]

I just went through this on a session. Let me just recommend one thing for sure, use an omni-directional pattern/mic. It's sooooo much more natural than everything else. Unless you're going for some crazy sound. Then do whatever you want.