[Harp-L] re: How does Toots record his harmonica?

[martin oldsberg <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Probably many of you are already familiar with the below, but if not, a quote from "Taming of the shrill":
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"Of course, high-end mics aren't always the ticket. Thielemans, no stranger to the best studios in the world, has many times encountered engineers determined to use their finest, most expensive microphones to capture his beautiful tone on the chromatic harmonica. His favorite mic, though, is the Shure SM58. âWhat's important is not hi-fi but my-fi,â says Thielemans. âI've tried everything, and the SM58 is what works best for me.â
Thielemans has no problem with the engineer equalizing the harmonica track so it better fits the mix. His manager, Dirk Godts, has picked up the basic EQ curves that are sometimes required to get Thielemans's sound in live situations. âI almost always reduce the really high frequencies a bit, because the instrument is already so sharp sounding that it doesn't need them,â Godts says. âThen I add some mids to give the instrument a bit of belly, and I also cut the very lowest frequencies.â "
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Author: Brian Knave, from
http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_taming_shrill/
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Cheers
/Martin