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Post by MartinS on Nov 22, 2016 15:54:25 GMT
Mark,
I had thought that intuitively one mic at the body and one at the neck, spaced pair wise would be logical.
This argument about having phase problems unless you go with XY sounded to me like a bit of hocus, when we're only talking a few cm difference. Are our ears really that sensitive? But then, I checked that at 15kHz the wavelength is about 2cm, so there could be something in it.
Still waiting for my mounting bar...
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Post by MartinS on Nov 16, 2016 22:02:33 GMT
Not obvious at all...
It's having two mics right on top of each other, but pointing apart at a 90 degree angle. Idea being to get a bit of stereo width to the recording, but removing the potential problems caused by phase issues (because the sound hits the two mics at the same time.
With small condenser mics this is easier because of the small size.
That's the theory anyway!
m.
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Post by MartinS on Nov 15, 2016 13:10:24 GMT
Ok, it's time to get serious. I've been messing about for a few months recording guitar with dynamic vocal mics, first one then two. I use an Allen and Heath Zed10, and a laptop with Audacity, so the mics were the weak point I thought (apart from my playing...) After muchos deliberation I've bought second hand (Scottish, you know) a matched pair of NT5's, so I'm expecting some improvements in the sound. I considered plenty of others, and had narrowed it down to 2 or 3 types that would suit my purposes and price range (knowing that they would all be pretty capable). I'll probably end up with the Rode stereo bar as well for XY and spaced pair recording. Then all I'll need is an Audacity plug-in to filter out the sound of two curious kittens! m.
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Post by MartinS on Nov 3, 2016 23:31:50 GMT
Had a pretty good day for a birthday. Up in Shetland visiting my folks, and spent most of the day surfing down in Quendale bay. Really mellow waves, 3 to 4 foot with a very light onshore breeze. Only slight problem was I'd left my wetsuit boots at the house so it was a bit chilly. Of course, as soon as I jumped out the van, in my keenness to get the waves I stepped, barefoot, straight into a pile of sheep sh***e. I think this is an experience everyone should have at least once. Ah, the joys!
Chris was playing at Bixter Hall tonight, so I had a ticket as a present. I've seen him before with Lau, and been impressed. Fantastic player, but his voice isn't my favourite for some reason. Tonight though, I have to say he was brilliant, and I'm now a convert. His band were equally talented, and I'd definitely recommend going to see him if you get the chance.
One of the guys playing with him was a local guy, Arthur Nicholson, who also played a support slot. He had a great guitar sound, (think he was playing a Martin), so I asked him what his pickup was, turned out it was made by Kenny Johnson, a local guy with a workshop in Lerwick. Looks like I'm going to have to pay a visit to investigate...
m.
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Post by MartinS on Nov 1, 2016 19:02:37 GMT
Don't like to criticise, but not a great sound. Couldn't the sound guy have blended in some of the condenser (?) mic?
I guess we don't know the setup problems on the night, but if it's more than one night it sounds like there's a problem.
(context: speaking as a guitar nerd - probably 95% of the audience wouldn't notice!)
m.
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Post by MartinS on Oct 13, 2016 12:21:06 GMT
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Post by MartinS on Oct 12, 2016 20:36:26 GMT
You need to look at the current draw, or the power rating. Let's say it's a 10W amp, and let's say you have an inverter at 80% efficiency (cheap one), then you've a total of 12.5W consumption. A 12.5VAh 12V battery would probably give you about 45mins to 50mins before the inverter or amplifier regulator stopped regulating. A car battery is about 60VAh, and you've probably felt the weight of one, if you have one of those then you multiply your life by approx 5. If you play quietly you'll get a lot longer life, and if it's cold weather, you'll get less. An old battery, less time. So the answer is (as all engineering answers): it depends! When I see buskers with amps they generally have a trolley, and my guess is that's mainly for the battery,,, m.
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Post by MartinS on Oct 11, 2016 14:34:28 GMT
It's a beauty.
Jealous.
m.
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Post by MartinS on Oct 3, 2016 11:31:32 GMT
Thanks Leo and Riverman for introducing me to Gary Ryan.
Wow.
m.
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Post by MartinS on Sept 26, 2016 14:56:12 GMT
In an effort to tidy things up I made up a pedal board out of bits and pieces of wood, an old maplin case and some lift-off hinges: imgur.com/4SlC8QCI was intending to use it at a wedding we played at on Saturday, but it was in a tipi (!) and as a result of the torrential rain, the matting (which was the flooring) was floating in about 3inches of water at my end of the area set aside for us. I took one look and decided to reduce risk by reducing the the amount of our kit on the floor, so no monitors, no floor gizmos... Anyway, next time. It's made up of a modded Boss power supply, a loop pedal (helps setting up/sound levels), octave pedal (which I'm finally getting dialled in), eq/boost pedal (for fingerstyle solo bits) and a tuner (with bypass). The black box top left is just a distro box to keep wiring tidy and keep connections to one side. Anyone else got pedal boards? m.
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Post by MartinS on Sept 20, 2016 19:04:57 GMT
Much more knowledgeable people than I will reply,but
1. One mic would do, you can either copy the one channel onto another and time delay the second channel by a few milliseconds to give a bit of stereo-like feel, or you can use the gverb plug-in on the single channel to give a stereo reverb effect.
2. Does your recorder have an xlr (3-pin) input? If it has, and also has phantom power, you could choose a condenser mic, if no phantom, then it'll usually be a dynamic you have to use (although there are phantom adaptors) . I've been trying a Sure SM58 (dynamic), and I think I'm surprised to be getting half decent results. But look on Gumtree for a second hand mic, would be my suggestion.
Good luck.
m.
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Post by MartinS on Sept 20, 2016 13:04:22 GMT
Oh, it's an actual stompbox!
durrr..
m.
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Post by MartinS on Sept 20, 2016 13:02:24 GMT
Eh...whatsit do? m.
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Post by MartinS on Sept 16, 2016 13:48:01 GMT
Yay!
Boo! They're all light or custom light...
m.
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Post by MartinS on Sept 4, 2016 8:25:06 GMT
There's a travel guitar made by Furch called the Little Jane which gets good reviews. Neck off, backpack idea.
m.
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