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Old 18th August 2010   #12
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Bruce Swedien shows a nifty mic and technique for upright bass in one of his videos...maybe someone knows of it and a link? He uses a long skinny mic wrapped in foam wedged under the bridge...

Better yet maybe Bruce could do us the honor of chiming in here?
You can also stick a LDC there. I think I would use omni if that close to the sound source. Probably a good technique if recording rockabilly?

But if you're recording classical you probably want to have some more distance.
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