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Dusan · 14th November 2009

It is recording ethnic music as it is, trying to capture some of the energy they have when they are not being recorded and being as non-intrusive as possible.

I will be covering the whole area with a number of strategically placed microphones, and using the clip-on microphones only as additional source.

I did some tests the other day with a clip-on Sennheiser E908B on a trumpet and on its own it was really disappointing, but in combination with four Neumann U87s covering the space it was possible to use it to compensate for the player moving about.

I was wondering if anybody has any experience of a particular clip-on mike that is either positive or negative in terms of reliability and robustness.

14th November 2009	#3
Dusan Gear interested Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 26 Thread Starter	It is recording ethnic music as it is, trying to capture some of the energy they have when they are not being recorded and being as non-intrusive as possible. I will be covering the whole area with a number of strategically placed microphones, and using the clip-on microphones only as additional source. I did some tests the other day with a clip-on Sennheiser E908B on a trumpet and on its own it was really disappointing, but in combination with four Neumann U87s covering the space it was possible to use it to compensate for the player moving about. I was wondering if anybody has any experience of a particular clip-on mike that is either positive or negative in terms of reliability and robustness.