In-depth feature with 3 GREAT pianos to record - each completely different, from Steinway Concert D to Yamaha to 'Mrs Mills' - HEAR the various treatments (dampers etc) and microphone positions and choices - listen to at least three different mic setups for each piano with plenty of music to listen to with an excellent pianist @benandrewmusic helping demonstrate the various techniques.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 Prepared piano - Ear Plugs
01:20 Felt on piano strings (upright Yamaha)
02:20 Character piano (Mrs Mills)
02:45 Microphones - Steinway setup
08:20 Steinway microphone audio samples
10:30 Yamaha upright mics and samples
15:30 Character piano mic setup
19:25 Andrew Sunnucks on Piano for Film
25:35 EFFECTS piano
29:00 3 piano ending
Watch how leading engineers and composers setup and record piano for film and general music recording. A film composer and pianist plays for us to help demonstrate 3 different pianos and how they approach recording - mostly with 3 different mic setups so that you can compare and hopefully use these ideas to help you get a better piano recording.
Some of the things that can make the most difference are what you do to the piano before event recording it and just a few examples of this prepared piano treatment ideas are shown and we hope to record further features with more. From felt or ear plugs on the strings to dog leads laid over the Steinway's strings, there's a whole world of creativity open to you to create unique sounds.
Some of the microphones used include:
Telefunken ELA M260
Coles 4038
B&K 4006
Copperphone
Carbonphone
AEA R88A Active Ribbon Microphone
... and many more
Special thanks to School Farm Studios for their pianos and time! Owner Andrew Sunnucks of Audio Networks and engineer Stefano Civetta were brilliant hosts and a very big thanks to them and Hester for her assistance. A huge thanks to @benski1234 Ben Andrew for giving up his time to play and come up with some music for us to record and to Stuart Bruce for asking the questions and helping organise this feature.
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