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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Miking A Grand Piano - What's Your Best Way?

As a freelance sound technician I don't often get to mike up a real grand piano for a show. When the chance comes around, I have always had limited success with the whole thing. As I learned later on, some microphones are much better suited for this task than others.

Today I found a small article on Prosoundweb.com all about capturing the sound of the"Grand Mother" of all instruments.

What is your best way to mike a grand piano???
I took to the web to find some images of different ways that other sound techs mike the grand piano:

















































































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