
rob aylestone
Moderator
I had a chat with somebody who was struggling to record his saxophone, and he'd been trying to mount a mic on his sax, but figured the rotten sound was him doing it wrong. Apart from studio stuff, I've been sticking mics on saxes on stage for ages and made a video to explain how it goes wrong. Clearly, in the studio, you don't put the mic on the instrument, you put it in the best place - which oddly (for those who have never done it is not pointing up the hole at the end.
In the video, I figured I'd record a bit of sax, recorded with a clip on mic, in the common bad position, and a better one. There is quite a difference, and then I've applied some EQ, and then EQ and a bit of reverb, so you can hear the differences. If you have never recorded saxes (and clarinets and woodwind in general) this might be useful. The sound that comes out of the end of the tube is horrible. On stage this means some fairly savage EQ to tame it.
Hopefully it will make some sense.
In the video, I figured I'd record a bit of sax, recorded with a clip on mic, in the common bad position, and a better one. There is quite a difference, and then I've applied some EQ, and then EQ and a bit of reverb, so you can hear the differences. If you have never recorded saxes (and clarinets and woodwind in general) this might be useful. The sound that comes out of the end of the tube is horrible. On stage this means some fairly savage EQ to tame it.
Hopefully it will make some sense.