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mic for upright bass?
Every time I record my upright I end up adding EQ? Those of you who have recorded much string bass, what are you using?
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Re: mic for upright bass?
3 mics that I find work well are:
1. SM7 2. RE-20 3. KM-84 Try positioning by an "f" hole. Good luck. |
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Re: mic for upright bass?
I've used a Sennheiser 421 with good results. I've also combined it with a Large Diaphram Condenser mic as well, like a 414 or my 460 Tube mic with good reslts too.
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Re: mic for upright bass?
I hear that the high end Earthworks are the way to go for upright bass....
Try the LD TLM-103, and SD oktava 012 combo if you can.... Get that pencil mic close to the bridge pointing right at the wood a few inches away an point the 103 at the opening to get the sound. - Doc
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Re: mic for upright bass?
FYI...having mic'd the bass both near the f-hole and in front of the bridge, putting the mic by the f-hole gives you a ton of unuseable low end sludge, and no attack.
And, I should have said, thanks for the replies!
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Re: mic for upright bass?
Just trying to help... Maybe Chris Cavell could add to this seeing he does a lot of Jazz stuff...
- Doc
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Re: mic for upright bass?
I know this probably dosen't help much but TLM 193s are just lovely on bass.
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Re: mic for upright bass?
I guess in a nutshell, I would try a few different approaches, use EQ and get rid of the "Sludge" and tame it that way. Get your bassist in an hour early and mess around with it. What pre's selection do you have? Compress it going in if you can. Just try and experiment, that is what I was getting at.
- Doc
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Re: mic for upright bass?
I use a Neumann KLM184, wrap it in foam and stick it facing up behind the bridge next to the body. And a Blue Mouse aiming at where the neck meets the body about 12" out, this gets the slappy sound of the strings, otherwise with out it, you'd just as well record an electric bass and hopefully the players is good or that desired (slappy) sound turns into undesired noise. The neck position is one you have to move around to find the "sweet spot" and also be careful if the playes is a loud breather, because it will pick him up. But with the Mouse I can tilt the head down enough to stop some of this. No EQ....I really don't see how, at least not using subtractive EQ. I always need to remove the mud and maybe some string attack (again, depending on the player) but I never add any EQ. Watch for phase and try to keep the player from moving around too much in reference to the mic on the stand.
Hope this helps! David |
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Re: mic for upright bass?
I have also recorded a number of bluegrass albums, and believe it or not, I have gotten great results using what the bass players often use on stage, and SM-58 (because of the bigger windscreen) placed inside the bridge by surrounding it with foam rubber.
Don't knock it until you try it, you get the pluck of the fingers, not to much bass (because you are away from the f-holes), and a nice clear tone because you are at the end of the string (where you get higher harmonic frequencies) instead of in the middle where you have maximum low freq vibration. But the original poster also said "string bass" which makes me wonder what kind of music it is. For a bowed string bass, I like an RE-20.
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