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<blockquote data-quote="Loren Jones" data-source="post: 97893" data-attributes="member: 829">Re: Mic a Baby GrandI have a small amount of experience compared to most here, but I&#039;ve tried 4 or 5 mic techniques if not more than that on our baby grand at church.&nbsp; The most natural sounding that was useful for live sound was an MD421 pointed at the undersurface of the lid with the lid on stick.&nbsp; The mic was 1/8 inch from touching the lid and was 2/3 of the way from the bass strings to the opening of the lid.&nbsp; It sounded pretty natural to me compared to the more &quot;close mic&quot; techniques I had tried with mics in holes or mics near the strings/hammers.&nbsp; GBF isn&#039;t super, but it doesn&#039;t sound like you&#039;ll need to much in that dept.Here is a link that has a photo.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure the 57 or a decent PZM would work similarly to my results with the MD421.<a href="http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/6088-md-421-baby-grand.html" target="_blank">http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/6088-md-421-baby-grand.html</a>Let us know how it goes.Loren Jones</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Loren Jones, post: 97893, member: 829"] Re: Mic a Baby Grand I have a small amount of experience compared to most here, but I've tried 4 or 5 mic techniques if not more than that on our baby grand at church. The most natural sounding that was useful for live sound was an MD421 pointed at the undersurface of the lid with the lid on stick. The mic was 1/8 inch from touching the lid and was 2/3 of the way from the bass strings to the opening of the lid. It sounded pretty natural to me compared to the more "close mic" techniques I had tried with mics in holes or mics near the strings/hammers. GBF isn't super, but it doesn't sound like you'll need to much in that dept. Here is a link that has a photo. I'm sure the 57 or a decent PZM would work similarly to my results with the MD421. [URL]http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/6088-md-421-baby-grand.html[/URL] Let us know how it goes. Loren Jones [/QUOTE]

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