Personally, aside from all talk of recordings, I'd much rather have a
professional give me a private performance in my living room than the shared
concert experience. If I could sit three feet away from Robert Barto, Nigel,
Ronn, Hoppy, POD, etc, and listen to them play, I'd be in heaven because I'd be
getting all sorts of details that can't be heard in a large room. Since I am
not able to afford the private concert, a recording should be the next best
thing. Unfortunately, I often feel like I've gotten the worst seat in the back
row when I listen to most of my recordings.
Chris
--- On Wed, 3/17/10, Sauvage Valéry <sauvag...@orange.fr> wrote:
> From: Sauvage Valéry <sauvag...@orange.fr>
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Modern lute recordings
> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:05 AM
>
>
> About pro recording what I would like to hear is the same
> as in a concert
> when I'm at the first row (what I try to do when I go
> listen to lute
> music...)
> I don't want to have my ears too close to the lute (as if I
> was myself
> playing because in this case I'm not...) Too often we hear
> lute as if we are
> 10 cm close to the rose, then with much reverb... cathedral
> effect, not lute
> sound.
> Last CD of lute duets by Jean-Marie Poirier (LeftyJM) and
> Thierry Meunier is
> really nice because it is a very natural sound, with just
> the room reverb.
>
> V.
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <chriswi...@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Daniel Shoskes" <kidneykut...@gmail.com>;
> "Arto Wikla" <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi>
> > Cc: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:44 PM
> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Modern lute recordings
> >
> >
> >
> > (Back to commercial recordings, not folks' 'tube
> submissions)
> >
> > In my view, if you notice the reverb, its too much.
> >
> > I'm also a big advocate of close miking. This is
> another thing that is especially appropriate for a soft
> instrument like the lute, but is rarely done. Its
> funny, I've done a fair amount of recording with LOUD rock
> bands where the philosophy is to get the cleanest example
> from each instrument by putting the mics right on the amps
> or drums.
> >
> > Name the last movie you've seen that featured a scene
> with characters whispering in which the sound engineer
> decided it would be a good idea to record in a warehouse
> with mics on the other side of the room. ("Hhhhere'sssss
> thhhhheeeeh ssssseecccret-t-t-t iiinnnnfffforrrmmmmmationnnn
> yyyoouuu wwwwannnt-t-t-ed-ed-ed." "Wwwwhhhhat-t-t-t?")
> How ridiculous would that sound?
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 3/17/10, Arto Wikla <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Arto Wikla <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi>
> >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Modern lute recordings
> >> To: "Daniel Shoskes" <kidneykut...@gmail.com>
> >> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> >> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 2:23 AM
> >> Hi Danny and the List,
> >>
> >> The sound of that "tubing is really very natural,
> and I
> >> cannot hear any extra reverb, either. And very
> nice and
> >> relaxed playing, too!
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >>
> >> Arto
> >>
> >>
> >> Daniel Shoskes wrote:
> >> > I've posted several times the processing
> >> I use, based on the
> >> > recommendation of my sound engineer
> >> uncle. I apply an "inverted smile"
> >> > EQ and if I am recording in my small
> >> office, I add a small amount of
> >> > reverb (if I am alone in the house and
> >> can record in the big living
> >> > room the reverb is not necessary). The
> >> "inverted smile" corrects for
> >> > inadequacies in the response of the mic.
> >> I was once recorded with a
> >> > $15,000 mic and that led me to believe
> >> that cheaper mic+EQ is very
> >> > close to the reality captured by the
> >> expensive mic and therefore that
> >> > the EQ isn't "cheating". In my most
> >> recent recording, using a superior
> >> > mic (but not in the thousands of dollars)
> >> I thought the sound was much
> >> > better and only the tiniest adjustment
> >> (taking down the highest and
> >> > lowest bands in the EQ) was needed:
> >> >
> >> > [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2w15WCzoWY
> >> > Danny
> >> > (not a "lute hero" but a regular
> >> "y-tuber")
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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