{"items": [{"author": "Forsythe", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/336204286461814?comment_id=336211876461055", "anchor": "fb-336211876461055", "service": "fb", "text": "Thanks for sharing this! I was surprised by how much I liked #7.", "timestamp": "1342365184"}, {"author": "Johanna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/336204286461814?comment_id=336372329778343", "anchor": "fb-336372329778343", "service": "fb", "text": "\"Do science to it\" is ALWAYS the right answer!", "timestamp": "1342399717"}, {"author": "SkinnyMac", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/livesound/comments/wm55x#c5elrvn", "anchor": "r-c5elrvn", "service": "r", "text": "I'll usually just put a wireless lav right on the player and call it a day.\n", "timestamp": 1342411199}, {"author": "cbr", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/livesound/comments/wm55x#c5eqfan", "anchor": "r-c5eqfan", "service": "r", "text": "→ You mic the fiddle from the back? Where on the player do you put it?\n", "timestamp": 1342444513}, {"author": "SkinnyMac", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/livesound/comments/wm55x#c5estac", "anchor": "r-c5estac", "service": "r", "text": "→ → Anywhere on the top 1/3 of their shirt, as high as I can get it like on a collar. An omni lav is a cool tool. You can put one on a drummer or percussionist too. Mind you this is a festival stage technique and doesn't really stand up in the studio. But when you're running 20 or 30 acts across a stage in a day there's not time to mess around.\n", "timestamp": 1342456025}, {"author": "cbr", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/livesound/comments/wm55x#c5et5l1", "anchor": "r-c5et5l1", "service": "r", "text": "→ → → This is mostly going to be picking up the fiddle from the back, right? Interesting. And it sounds good enough?\n\n
I'm usually running sound for people who are going to be playing for about three hours (with breaks) for dancers. We typically have 10-20 minutes for adjustments and setting people up. If I needed to get people on and off stage much more quickly, though, I can see where something like this could be nice.\n", "timestamp": 1342457360}, {"author": "solomute", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/livesound/comments/wm55x#c5ewqgd", "anchor": "r-c5ewqgd", "service": "r", "text": "→ → → → I believe the technique is mostly about capturing what the musician is hearing by putting the mic closer to their ears, or at least their head.\n", "timestamp": 1342470632}, {"author": "SkinnyMac", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/livesound/comments/wm55x#c5eyf0f", "anchor": "r-c5eyf0f", "service": "r", "text": "→ → → → Yes, I can see why you put the research into it. You've got the time to get it right. My experiences have been with violinists playing with rock acts. They either have their own setup, or they get a Pro35 or a lav from me. \n\n
I try not to mic the back. I wish I had a picture. If they're wearing something with a collar I'll go as high up on it as I can to get the element above the sound board. (This is for the lav) I've even gone to a hat before. With an omni element the results aren't bad. I wouldn't do it for a solo performance but when the object is to get the instrument to sit in with drums, bass and electric guitars I've had good enough luck with it. I've used the Shure 93 element, it's tiny, and also the Sennheiser Mk3 Gold.\n", "timestamp": 1342477264}, {"author": "kolipo", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/livesound/comments/wm55x#c5em2sr", "anchor": "r-c5em2sr", "service": "r", "text": "In the garbage bin next to the Accordion? Badap chhh.\n", "timestamp": 1342412501}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/336204286461814?comment_id=336591946423048", "anchor": "fb-336591946423048", "service": "fb", "text": "@Thom: I like the idea of a 100-piece percussion section. The dancers all balancing together and punctuating the music with stomps and claps. If that means we need to make the instruments a bit louder than they'd naturally be, that's fine with me.", "timestamp": "1342456320"}, {"author": "Don", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/336204286461814?comment_id=337216573027252", "anchor": "fb-337216573027252", "service": "fb", "text": "Was the fiddle in normal playing orientation with a musician or some more \"science-y\" method to create the sound? I ask because I find breath sounds to be a big issue with fiddle mic placement (and several fiddlers apparently not aware of that issue).", "timestamp": "1342583834"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/336204286461814?comment_id=337368819678694", "anchor": "fb-337368819678694", "service": "fb", "text": "@Don: normal playing position. I was sitting in a chair with the fiddle under my chin on my left shoulder.", "timestamp": "1342617342"}, {"author": "stockholma", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/violinist/comments/wlefp#c5g55p6", "anchor": "r-c5g55p6", "service": "r", "text": "Someone needs to wipe his/her violin after playing.\n", "timestamp": 1342673570}, {"author": "cbr", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/violinist/comments/wlefp#c5hmvv1", "anchor": "r-c5hmvv1", "service": "r", "text": "→ Why? I know that it becomes harder to get rosin dust off the longer you let it stay on, but what's the harm in it?\n", "timestamp": 1342962940}, {"author": "stockholma", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/violinist/comments/wlefp#c5hqgam", "anchor": "r-c5hqgam", "service": "r", "text": "→ → Well, guess it's not a big deal, but the thought of caking pretty varnish in tree resin dust is a sad one to me. \n", "timestamp": 1342983212}, {"author": "japaneseknotweed", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/violinist/comments/wlefp#c5nj1h6", "anchor": "r-c5nj1h6", "service": "r", "text": "→ → → Eventually you won't be able to simply wipe off the dust and get back to a smooth shine; the rosin will have bonded and won't come off until the next pro cleaning. Dust sticks better to rough surfaces, so the buildup will accelerate.\n\n
And also, orchestral musicians will sneer at you. \n", "timestamp": 1343982575}, {"author": "japaneseknotweed", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/violinist/comments/wlefp#c5nj396", "anchor": "r-c5nj396", "service": "r", "text": "One position is missing in this test: directly behind the bridge, a little to the bass side, underneath the backlength of the G/D strings.\n\n
If you're willing to get a little finicky with it, you can twist the A-T gooseneck around and get the mic right down close to the instrument without bumping the wood, the bridge, or the back-strings. On a good, smooth, full (read:expensive/pro level) instrument, this seems to work most of the time with most systems with very little EQ-mucking-about. \n\n
As it was explained to me, you're trying to get as close as possible to that magic zone between the bridge, the bass bar, and the sound post.\n", "timestamp": 1343983001}]}