One of the most common and easy-to-make recording techniques is to take two microphones spaced apart and positioned parallel to each other. This is called the AB technique. This technique can be used to record a piano, a violin or any solo instrument, or even … Continue readingRecording piano with AB stereo microphone technique
The instrument we will record today is a modern concert cimbalom made in 2007 by Balázs Kovács, and modeled by Modartt for the KIViR project. Preparing and miking of the cimbalom The sound of the original instrument is brighter and metallic, but we have prepared … Continue readingHow to mic a cimbalom
The choice of the microphone is a crucial step for piano recording. It usually depends on the music genre, but also on the artistic sensibility of the performer and the sound engineer. Here, we want to highlight the qualities of two popular microphones modeled and … Continue readingPianoteq’s Neumann U87 vs AKG C414: microphone test and comparison