Piano mic technique

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Jared Koopman

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I am looking for suggestions on micing a piano for recording. This is at a church an not a studio and the worship leader wanted to record a few tracks of te piano.

I have sm57, sm58, e604, mxl2000, audix i5 at my disposal. Also have a Sennheiser ew100 wireless lapel mic that I thought perhaps attaching to the inside piano lid might work too. I am willing to try whatever and hear the results (for science!).

I am looking for suggestions of where to put the mics. I will be recording into Reaper so I don't mid setting up several mics if need be and then mix the master later.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Jared
 
Re: Piano mic technique

What's the intended purpose for the recordings? If it's for entertainment, ie a CD, then a more distant mic technique would probably sound nice. If it's for tracks to be mixed in for service music, get as close and dry as you can.
 
Scott Helmke said:
What's the intended purpose for the recordings? If it's for entertainment, ie a CD, then a more distant mic technique would probably sound nice. If it's for tracks to be mixed in for service music, get as close and dry as you can.
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Hi Scott.

The purpose was to get tracks to be mixed to create a cd for an elderly gentlemen in the congregation. He has cancer and practically on his death bed. So this is more of a recording of his favorite songs.

Since this wasn't mission critical I took the liberty to "try things out" . I ended up using two sm57 inside the piano, one located above the highs and lows. I also put the mxl2000 inside center but about a foot away from the strings.

I also aimed one of our hanging choir mics to get the overall sound.

For te pianist and vocalist I used sm58's.

Each recorded to its own track that I will work on blending into a cd mix for them.

It was actually fun to do it or science while helping benefit another persons quality of life.

Thanks
Jared
 
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