RE: [Harp-L] mic for acoustic playing

[d peer <dpeer2000@xxxxxxx>]

Did you see Neil Young play the closing ceremony at the Winter Olympics? He had a rack that looked like it had a pair of lavalier (lapel) mics on each side of the harp.



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> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: hvyj@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:54:24 -0400
> Subject: [Harp-L] mic for acoustic playing
> 
> i carry 2 mics: My Shure 545 Ultimate for most situations and an 
> Audix Fireball V I use when the music requires a more acoustic (or 
> less electric) sound. But I ALWAYS cup the mic when i play, no 
> matter what mic I'm using--i consider the mic to be an extension of 
> my instrument.
> 
> While the Fireball has no proximity effect and does not overdrive 
> when it is tightly cupped it is still a very responsive mic, In my 
> experience the Fireball responds very nicely to a tight cup in its 
> own way with a rich variation in sound due to the resonance chamber 
> created by the cup around the mic element. It's not the sort of 
> response you get from a 545 or SM 57 when you use a tight cup. But, 
> although a Fireball stays clean, does not overdrive and has no 
> proximity effect, I think it sounds pretty cool in the way it does 
> respond to cupping variations. So, with all due respect to Greg, I 
> do not consider it to be a mic that only sounds good in free air.
> 
> JP
 		 	   		  
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