Topic: Microphone setup - suggestions best for player-realism
Hi all!
Being able to fumble with microphones now (bought the upgrade from stage yesterday due to the 30% off), I'm searching fo a very 'realistic' setup for a PLAYERS PERSPECTIVE.
Simple to have the most possible realistic setup like sitting in front of a real piano. As you can save the setup and give it a name to reuse it on other piano-models or configurations, I try to produce the 'ok for me'-MFXP-file.
Wishes:
- realistic 3d-position: piano on the right place and of course stereo (bass on the left ...)
- 'thick, fully & rich' volume (to compensate my lack in playability); I do not like 'thin' volumes
- reverb? I do not know. Suggestions?
'Binaural' is not what seems to be very realistic for me. It does play more 'in' my head than putting the piano in front of me.
I wonder if 2 mics on the position of the head of a player is any better than setups with 2 mics on the side or under the lid. Is there a strong point in having 3 ore more mics for achieving more realistic feeling?
Of course I played quite a time with the setups delivered with K2 and D4 to get a feeling. And of course I searched the forum, sadly without very much success. I'm just a once at a week player an beginner, additionally without knowledge in mic-setup for recordings. So in my ears, changing the position of the mics is far more audible and has more impact than chosing another piano model , e.g. the Model B.
Suggestions, screenshots of setup or, better, MFXP-files are very welcome.