recording experiment

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

I have them Kawai PR-1 system.  It works well.  We don't live in the 
quietest neighborhood but we get good tracks off of it (good 
extraneous noise rejection) .  The EQ settings and reverb settings 
(selections) are decent although some may want to leave that for the lab.

Andrew

At 03:05 PM 2/6/2007, you wrote:
>I suppose most tuners who have been around a few years have seen 
>several examples of recording techniques for pianos.
>In the studios which specialise in the recording of jazz, pop and 
>group music there appears to be a tradition of close mike 
>positioning of the type you are talking about.  I have seen this 
>accompanied by the complete deadening of any 'ambiance' which may be 
>present in or around the piano so that the engineers can play around 
>with the sound later and add their own reverb and atmosphere.  A 
>grand piano close miked and covered with a duvet is not an unusual 
>sight in a recording studio.  The recording of classical music is a 
>totally different system and it seems that a good (often almost too 
>good) sound is really only acheived with the main mikes between 1 
>and 5 metres away, and in a studio or hall which has a recognised 
>good acoustic of its own.  Even then , engineers usually edit the 
>sound afterwards.
>
>I recently came across the adverts for a small recording system made 
>by Kawai which enables the player to record straight on to CD.  It 
>has two small powered mikes which the advertising blah suggests are 
>placed under the soundboard, attached with Velcro onto the maing 
>bracings under the piano.  The equipment allows for a certain amount 
>of added reverb etc later
>
><http://www.kawaius.com/main_links/digital/Special/pr-1.html>PR-1 CD Recorder
>
>ric
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