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2nd November 2005, 09:00 PM
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| Gear Head  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Palmdale, Ca
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 | Mandolin/Pedal Steel Mic and Mic Pre Setups Hi guys. I was wondering what your favorite mics were to use on pedal steel and mandolin, specifically in country music?
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6th November 2005, 08:28 PM
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| Gear interested  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville
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| country micing Seeing as how I'm the country music guy of META, I guess I'm best qualified to answer your question. Steel guitar in Nashville has no rivals and Paul Franklin would probably be considered the best in town, at least the most versitile. With Paul's rack of outboard gear, driving a pair of speakers I always mic his steel with a pair of Sennheiser 421's. Dan Dougmore uses a single combo amp which sounds best micing it with a Shure 57. I've tried lots of other mics but always go back to these two mics. For Mandolin, I usually use a Royer 121 at the f hole and a Neumann Km 184 pointing down at the strings, where the musician is strumming, from about a foot or so above and out. |
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7th November 2005, 07:29 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Left Coast, and don't call it 'Frisco
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| Thanks Chuck. For the mandolin, do you pan the mics or combine? If you combine, do you usually use more body or neck?
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10th November 2005, 03:24 PM
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| Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville
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| just what ever sounds good. depends on the song |
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11th November 2005, 06:44 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA
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| What do you like on fiddles, Chuck? What kind of strings do most of the Nashville guys use, gut, steel...? I've heard of guys setting up a bi-directional mic between twin fiddles or using M/S stereo miking... thoughts? |
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15th November 2005, 06:31 AM
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| Gear Head  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville, TN
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| fiddles Can I second the question about recording fiddles in Nashville?- I'm curious too... |
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16th November 2005, 05:35 AM
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| Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville
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| I'm tracking with Stuart Duncan beginning Thursday and I'll get back to you about the strings after that. As for micing mostly I use an AKG C12 on fiddles although I'm really into DPA's 4041-ta, large diaphram tube mic as well. I always individually mic fiddles. |
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29th November 2005, 07:23 AM
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| Gear Head Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville, TN
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| ...Would love to know what you ended up using whenever you get a sec. Thanks! |
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