Studio Mics Live?

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dale116dot7
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Re: Studio Mics Live?

Post by dale116dot7 » Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:11 pm

Bluegrass has pretty much a defined instrumentation, it hasn't changed since the '40's. The instrumentation hasn't changed, the music has changed a bit, and the speed at which it is played at today is quite a bit faster. Horns? Only if you melt them down to make banjo tonerings. :twisted:

AT4050 is common, AT4033's work pretty good, and the TLM103 sounds pretty good in this service as well. Sometimes there's a bit of an HF spike in the 4050 that gives a feedback problem somewhere in th 8 to 10k region, the 4033 and 103 don't have this. But this setup only works at bluegrass levels. In a club or coffee shop, the audience has to be quiet and attentive because you cannot get the volume level up before feedback. It works better in a larger venue, and can be totally frustrating to set up in a space with poor acoustics.

Moving around the mic is interesting, but as the (upright) bass player in two bluegrass bands, it's a bit awkward.

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Re: Studio Mics Live?

Post by kayagum » Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:20 pm

Most bluegrass setups I've seen live (e.g. Del McCoury) had the upright bass player plugged in, so I wouldn't be too depressed about not getting the bass into the omni picture.

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Re: Studio Mics Live?

Post by dale116dot7 » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:11 pm

Yea, I've seen that, too. I always use a mic on my bass. Depending on the venue I either just play loud and get the main mic to pick it up, or bring a D112 on stage.

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