keith.rogers
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Some father-son (easy) duets recorded at home when our son popped in for a visit last week. Neither of us has been playing very long (about 6 mos. for me, and while he's had his a bit longer, he's put in only a few hours when he visits - he's a pretty good amateur violinist, though).
The interesting, obvious thing I notice is that, not unlike guitars, the recording probably depends on the player, and having a "good enough" space to capture what's happening, for better or worse. A lower end pair of SDCs, and basic instruments - both Chinese imports - his a new-ish $300 model, and mine a fairly beat up 10yr old one that sold for $1200 when new - can't really tell much difference between them!
Recorded with a pair of Studio Projects C4 (older model) SDCs in my [pretty dry] 11'x11' room. Each mandolin had a mic on it about 20" away (50cm), plus or minus, with lots of bleed as we were only a couple feet apart, next to each other, i.e., mics were essentially parallel, but 4-5' apart (guessing - no longer in place). Steinberg UR44C interface. Mixed in Logic Pro.
The interesting, obvious thing I notice is that, not unlike guitars, the recording probably depends on the player, and having a "good enough" space to capture what's happening, for better or worse. A lower end pair of SDCs, and basic instruments - both Chinese imports - his a new-ish $300 model, and mine a fairly beat up 10yr old one that sold for $1200 when new - can't really tell much difference between them!
Recorded with a pair of Studio Projects C4 (older model) SDCs in my [pretty dry] 11'x11' room. Each mandolin had a mic on it about 20" away (50cm), plus or minus, with lots of bleed as we were only a couple feet apart, next to each other, i.e., mics were essentially parallel, but 4-5' apart (guessing - no longer in place). Steinberg UR44C interface. Mixed in Logic Pro.
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