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How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 15th, 2018, 7:10 pm
by nobby
...in a hurry


Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 1:41 am
by nobby
And pretty good separation from the vocal -- the bass sounds like it has enough attack that I think you'd hear some faux tape slap on it if that weren't the case.

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 1:58 am
by Bob Olhsson
My experience has been that basses are all over the map as to how best to record them.

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 12:52 pm
by weedywet
that's also inside EMI Studio 2... everything sounds good from farther away than you'd imagine in that room.

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 1:32 pm
by Bob Olhsson
Those rooms were designed to make it easy for musicians to hear each other and for really clean bleed. Sound reflected off the wall was tested and adjusted for flat response. Motown's Hitsville studio in Detroit was designed by RCA to have that character. The old RCA studio A here in Nashville is also one of those designs although I've been told it got screwed up some later on in an attempt to make it sound more "country."

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 6:47 pm
by weedywet
Also. No k in the word microphone.

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 7:54 pm
by Bob Olhsson
Actually, mike is correct and should not be confused with the abbreviation mic. that is used to save panel space.

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 8:01 pm
by weedywet
We disagree!

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 9:01 pm
by nobby
I figured I could use 'mike' because Bob was getting away with it. At least, up until now.

Ein Mikrofon oder Mikrophon ist ein Schallwandler, der Luftschall als Schallwechseldruckschwingungen in entsprechende elektrische Spannungsänderungen als Mikrofonsignal umwandelt. Dieses unterscheidet Mikrofone von Tonabnehmern, die Festkörperschwingungen umsetzen.

Versteht?

I copied that from the internet. Keks can tell you what it means, I Kant.

And there is clearly no 'c' in Spannungsänderungen

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 16th, 2018, 9:21 pm
by Bob Olhsson
Mic. is a noun. Mike is a verb.

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 17th, 2018, 7:31 am
by keks
nobby wrote: April 16th, 2018, 9:01 pm

I copied that from the internet.
...so it must be true.

So, mike is correct if it refers to vintage german mics, it seems?
:vuvu:

Re: How to mike a double bass

Posted: April 18th, 2018, 2:13 pm
by Cirrus
Image

Pictured: Mike Stipe and Mic Mills