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Originally Posted by jnorman  scott fraser does live sound for the kronos quartet, and he uses km150s on all four players. |
Scott is a good friend of mine and he's explained the rig to me. He uses the Isomax microphones for the pieces where a close sound and lots of "dig" is needed, he uses the countryman. For the more acoustic stuff, he uses the Neumanns.
I recorded a performance of Steve Reich's Different trains this past fall and I brought in Scott to mix FOH since he knew the piece from his work with Kronos. On this performance, we used KM140's on as mics with the Isomax to provide dig and clarity. If you don't know the piece, there are extensive sound effects and a 2nd quartet part that the live group has to play along with. It is pretty complicated.
I wouldn't wanted to have had to work with only one of the sets of mics- both were absolutely needed. The description I provided above is how he mounted the countryman mics. I also mentioned who it was only to show that it isn't completely crazy to use tape on a stringed instrument. Of course, beware and be careful. The tape never stayed on the instrument for longer than a rehearsal or a half of a show, but it was absolutely used.
Back to the subject at hand, though, I still spec DPA 4061 mics for strings whenever I need a close string sound when plenty of volume is involved.
--Ben