Recording

Tubainsauga · Post by **Tubainsauga** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:52 am

What I'm looking for is a clip on mic for my tuba and a compact recording device. Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, when using a clip on mic, does the room still have a large effect on the sound? Thanks for your help.

Bove · Post by **Bove** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:35 pm

The closer the microphone is to the sound source, the less of an effect the room will have on the recorded sound.

Phil Dawson · Post by **Phil Dawson** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:04 pm

Mic polar pattern also has quite a bit to do with how much room sound you get. AKG makes a model C419 with either a mini plug for wireless transmission and a standard XLR conector. The mic is a condenser mic requiring phantom power and the polar pattern is hyper-cardiod. This gives a very tight sound with very little room sound. Does your mic need to be a clip-on type? There are many good mics that give great sound if you're not stuck on having a clip-on type. Marantz makes a neat little recorder with built in mic pre-amps (2) and phantom power. The recorder uses flash memory I think or it might use one of the other types of memory stick type formats. It can hold up to 8 gig per stick and gives very good uncompressed results.
Phil

humphrey · Post by **humphrey** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:51 am

I use an audio-technica pro 35x clip on mic for the theatre show I'm currently on tour with. It is a small diaphragm condenser mic that has given consistantly good results. The lead from the mic to the XLR socket is a little flimsy, but judicious use of electrical tape (less tacky than gaffa/duck tape) to stick the excess to the tuba gets round that problem.

The sound guy on the show has to add a little reverb to the signal to "sit" the sound in the mix & make it sound a little more natural. The sound the mic picks up is what you would hear if you put your ear directly next to the bell, so you hear very little room ambience.

The mic does require phantom power, so a recorder that has this facility is required, or a phantom power unit (9-52 Volts) will be needed.

I haven't recorded my tuba with this mic, but I got excellent results recording some didgeridoo with it recently.

Hope that's of some help.

Russ Kennedy