PZM Mic taped to shirt while recording drums

[leaningpine]

I saw a video of Neil Peart of Rush recording "Vital Signs" and he had a PZM mic taped to his shirt. I've thought about trying this, but before I do I was wondering if anyone else has done this?

 

[mshilarious]

If you're using your body as the barrier, a lapel mic will work just as well and perhaps look a bit less silly. Or just go binaural . . . of course the image will shift as you move your head, but that will occur to some degree with a mic on your body too.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

I saw a video of Neil Peart of Rush recording "Vital Signs" and he had a PZM mic taped to his shirt. I've thought about trying this, but before I do I was wondering if anyone else has done this?

For what purpose? i.e. what's the point?

G.

 

[witzendoz]

For what purpose? i.e. what's the point?

G.

Maybe it's so he can talk to the control room ha ha ha, wheres my Pizza.

Alan.

 

[John Willett]

I saw a video of Neil Peart of Rush recording "Vital Signs" and he had a PZM mic taped to his shirt. I've thought about trying this, but before I do I was wondering if anyone else has done this?

If you're using your body as the barrier, a lapel mic will work just as well and perhaps look a bit less silly. Or just go binaural . . . of course the image will shift as you move your head, but that will occur to some degree with a mic on your body too.

This is right.

A boundary mic. needs the barrier to get the bass end and your body is not a very large barrier.

And - yes - a tie mic. will do just as well.

That's what people often do recording grand piano - a pair of mini tie mics stuck to the lid to turn them into boundary mics.

 

[leaningpine]

For what purpose? i.e. what's the point?

G.

I don't know, I just thought it would be neat to try out. Here's the vid if anyone wants to see it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LJMVoSE9KE

 

[ocnor]

For what purpose? i.e. what's the point?

G.

My guess is that he is just using that mic to monitor his kit through the headphones. That way he hears an approximation of what his kit sounds like from his perspective without the headphones on.

 

[dodgeaspen]

He looks silly! I really don't know the reason.

 

[miroslav]

For what purpose? i.e. what's the point?

Maybe it was a sting operation...and he was working for the FBI....?

 

[ocnor]

Maybe it was a sting operation.

The only operation that sting needs is a lobotomy.

 

[miroslav]

I didn't say he was working for the Police.

 

[moresound]

That's not a boundary microphone .... it's a life support system much like what Darth Vader has!

 

[ocnor]

I think maybe they mic'ed up his heart to use as a click track.

 

[moresound]

Neil ..... come to the dark side for I'm your father.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Maybe it's so he can talk to the control room ha ha ha, wheres my Pizza

I think that's close. It's for talking to the support staff in an emergency when he needs to be wenched out of his prison cell of a drum kit.

G.

 

[Supercreep]

Neil has said in subsequent interviews that it didn't work out as hoped. He was wanting to capture what he hears behind the kit, and the engineer suggested the pzm.

 

[grimtraveller]

Someone shoulda had a word with the camera crew ! I've hated that NYPD Blue style of camerawork for years. It makes me dizzy. And that's without the druuuurrrrgzzzzz. But as it's Rush {Neil still chucking in some cod reggae chaks ! }, I suppose I'll have to forgive 'em.