So I tried recording the upright bass the other day and wasn't able to get it to sound good. I could do the DI thing but I'm trying to get some nice woody tones out of my upright bass and I'm getting way too much finger noise in the recording. I read through some of the threads and tried some of the techniques but it's not yielding the results I want or hear in my head!
So far I've tried the Heil PR40, GAP R1 active Ribbon mic, and SM57 at different distances from 1 to 3 feet in front of the bridge, and F hole. Too far gives me nicer tone but too much finger noise and room, too close makes it boomy and undefined. I'm playing an old 40's Kay
I have a AT4040 and some fatheads I haven't tried yet, but my feeling is that the AT4040 will be too sensitive and pick up too much room (which is not an ideal) Maybe the fathead will be ok? Any ideas or techniques I may be missing?
Could the room be causing issues I'm not aware of? I have the walls treated, and have some bass trapping happening but not in every corner of the room!
Thanks
So far I've tried the Heil PR40, GAP R1 active Ribbon mic, and SM57 at different distances from 1 to 3 feet in front of the bridge, and F hole. Too far gives me nicer tone but too much finger noise and room, too close makes it boomy and undefined. I'm playing an old 40's Kay
I have a AT4040 and some fatheads I haven't tried yet, but my feeling is that the AT4040 will be too sensitive and pick up too much room (which is not an ideal) Maybe the fathead will be ok? Any ideas or techniques I may be missing?
Could the room be causing issues I'm not aware of? I have the walls treated, and have some bass trapping happening but not in every corner of the room!
Thanks