[LUTE] Re: Holborne

2012-04-03 Thread Edward Mast
Hello Bruno, I have The Complete Works of Anthony Holborne, Vol. 1, Music for Lute & Bandora, Harvard University Press Edited by Masakata Kanazawa. Included is Lute Pavan No. 2. If you like I can scan and send you a copy. Since the lute tablature alternates with staff notation, it would be 5

[LUTE] miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-03 Thread Brad Walton
Hello folks, On the weekend I recorded two pieces in a professional recording studio. I was accompanying a singer on the theorbo. The recording engineer aimed two mikes quite close to the body of the theorbo. On the recording, the sound of the theorbo is very tinny and distorted, and bea

[LUTE] Re: miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-03 Thread Eugene Kurenko
It may depend on many things (mic type, room acoustic, sound projection of your lute etc). So it's better to spend some time for several short sound-tests with different mic placing. But no close distances from mic to lute. Try somthing around 1,5-3 meters. 2012/4/3 Brad Walton <

[LUTE] Re: miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-03 Thread Edward Mast
David Tayler is someone who could offer good advice; his recordings are very natural sounding. David . . .? On Apr 3, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Brad Walton wrote: > Hello folks, > > > On the weekend I recorded two pieces in a professional recording studio. I > was accompanying a singer on the theor

[LUTE] Re: miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-03 Thread andy butler
Hi Brad, if you could post an excerpt somewhere I'd probably be able to tell you what was going on with your recording. "Tinny and Distorted" doesn't immediately give the impression of "mic too close". A wild guess might be that the mics were out of phase with each other, that is one would have

[LUTE] Re: miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-03 Thread hera caius
I recently recorded a CD with Christmas music in a studio in Hungary and I can tell you they get the sound of the theorbo as beautiful as possible. I really don't know what kind of microphone they used but it was a huge one about 40 cm from the soundboard and a smaller one about 20 cm from the f

[LUTE] Re: miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-03 Thread David van Ooijen
On 3 April 2012 18:05, Brad Walton wrote: > On the weekend I recorded two pieces in a professional recording studio.  I .. > On the recording, the sound of the theorbo is very tinny and distorted, and > bears almost no similarity to the natural/ acoustic sound of the instrument. So much for the '

[LUTE] Re: miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-03 Thread jslute
Dear All, In my limited experience, too-close miking leads to boomey, guttural distortion. Some pros recommend 10 feet (or 3 meters) away, and 10 feet up. This, of course is based on having a good acoustic environment to start with. Cheers, Jim Stimson On 04/03/12, B

[LUTE] Recorder and Lute

2012-04-03 Thread Tobiah
How are the timelines of these instruments related, and what pieces include both instruments? Thanks, Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Recorder and Lute

2012-04-03 Thread Sean Smith
I should think Ortiz' variations on chansons and madrigals would be fair game. Dalla Cassa is a lot of fun if only because they're so difficult for the melody instrument. Giovanni Bassano, too, but since he comes from a family of traverso makers there are probably those who would take is

[LUTE] Re: Recorder and Lute

2012-04-03 Thread howard posner
On Apr 3, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Tobiah wrote: > How are the timelines of these instruments > related, and what pieces include both instruments? Are you asking what music was originally specified by the composer for an instrumentation that included lute and recorder? Or what music can be done with