recording tibetan bowls, quartz bowls etc

Pier · 2nd May 2007

Hi everyone!

I'd like to record some tibetan bowls, quartz bowls, and other metal vibrating stuff like tubes, kitchen tools, etc...

Any tips about mic placement, room, mic choice?

I'd like to get a pure sound, if that means anything... no reverb, only the metal modulating crystal clear thing... errrr... well you know

Thank you

Peace

Mr. Victory · 18th May 2007

Let the instruments breath. Don't mic it too up close. If you want you can spot mic with a sdc and use omnis and figure 8s further back. If they are set up in a kit us stereo mic technics and capitalize on the room acoustics. Hopefully you have a decent room.
Use clean pres like millenia or sytek with no compression. Sometimes those instruments excite room modes in smaller to medium sized rooms in the lower mids so some eq may be necessary.

Have fun.

Greg Curtis · 20th July 2008

I remembering recording some large crystal bowls a few years ago...

Cardiod LDC above the bowl, a couple of room LDCs in omni.

Find the sweet spots for the rooms. You want to get some heavy fundamental frequencies to build on.

Thinking back, I got some insane sub-harmonics from that session! Great way to test your subwoofer! Very cool instruments to listen too, but don't get tranced-out!

Greg

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2nd May 2007	#1
Pier Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Mexico city Posts: 1,179 Thread Starter	recording tibetan bowls, quartz bowls etc Hi everyone! I'd like to record some tibetan bowls, quartz bowls, and other metal vibrating stuff like tubes, kitchen tools, etc... Any tips about mic placement, room, mic choice? I'd like to get a pure sound, if that means anything... no reverb, only the metal modulating crystal clear thing... errrr... well you know Thank you Peace

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18th May 2007	#2
Mr. Victory Gear nut Joined: Nov 2004 Location: LIC, NY Posts: 141	Let the instruments breath. Don't mic it too up close. If you want you can spot mic with a sdc and use omnis and figure 8s further back. If they are set up in a kit us stereo mic technics and capitalize on the room acoustics. Hopefully you have a decent room. Use clean pres like millenia or sytek with no compression. Sometimes those instruments excite room modes in smaller to medium sized rooms in the lower mids so some eq may be necessary. Have fun.

20th July 2008	#3
Greg Curtis Lives for gear Joined: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,475	I remembering recording some large crystal bowls a few years ago... Cardiod LDC above the bowl, a couple of room LDCs in omni. Find the sweet spots for the rooms. You want to get some heavy fundamental frequencies to build on. Thinking back, I got some insane sub-harmonics from that session! Great way to test your subwoofer! Very cool instruments to listen too, but don't get tranced-out! Greg .