Recording/Mixing violin

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Hi,
I'm recording some violin for full a band song and want some advice/suggestions for how to go about it.

I want to record 2 parts at same time, somewhere spacious, but i want to have control over panning so probably dont wanted to record one traditional stereo track.

Is it going to be problematic getting the roomey sound i want from both violins with one mic on each ? Any tip on positioning for this type of thing ?

Or would it be safer to record dry in a smaller room and then apply reverb to taste ? In that case does anybody have any suggestions on a good VST for mac to buy, preferably one that isnt too hard on the wallet.......

Thanks

Olly
 
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If you have access to a good-sounding reverberant room and have portable gear i would record there. You would have to do some experimenting with close vs. distant miking to balance the direct and reflected sound, or use (a) separate distant mic(s) just to record the room reflections to a separate track(s) and add them to taste during mixing. If you don't have access to a good room then you gotta go with a software reverb. I mix with Cubase LE on a PC usually, so I don't have any advice for you on Mac compatible 'verbs.
 
I would record a close mic on each violin and a stereo pair in the room. Then you can do whatever you need to in the mix.
 
I've had success recording violin with an Audio Technica AT853 sitting about 2' to 3' above the violin in a fairly big room. The violinist tended to move around a bit under the mike, which was actually fine.

Here is a short sample: am short.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

The whole piece is here:

Note that I added reverb after the event.

But there is no treatment other than that, i.e. no EQ, no compression.
 
hey thanks alot for all the advice. I think i'll probably close mic and then stereo the room ambience. Ive got 2 se2200a and 2 c100s at my disposal.....im guessing use the the se2200a's for the close micing and the c100s for the stereo.

Would you XY them ?

Cheers

Olly
 
I use a ribbon mic about 18" above the fiddle.
The figure eight seems to give the right amount of air while the ribbon picks up the string, the hair, the wood, all of it.
Ribbons pick up so little from the sides that separation is easy.
 
x-y would probably give you a fairly accurate stereo field and reduce the chance of phase cancellation IMO.
 
One is the Radio Shack mixer. It was hard to tell from the picture, but it seems to have 1/4 inch microphone jacks. It also does not seem to have phantom power. Any pro mic will use an XLR connector, and the condenser needs phantom power to work at all.
 
woodjutt said:
One is the Radio Shack mixer. It was hard to tell from the picture, but it seems to have 1/4 inch microphone jacks. It also does not seem to have phantom power. Any pro mic will use an XLR connector, and the condenser needs phantom power to work at all.
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You seem to have posted in the wrong thread. But I expect you may be a spammer.
 
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