Comments on: Piano recording tips from Venice Italy and a villa studio tour

By: Mat

Mat — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:41:09 +0000

Hi Ronan,

When are you going to Venice again?
I’m living just 10 minutes far from there.. )
All the best and thanks for really nice advices you gave.
Mat

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By: Wolfgang Willms

Wolfgang Willms — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:39:58 +0000

Thats exactely what we did, visit Venice’s more “lonly” places. When we’ve been there, it looked almost like beeing in Japan at the tourist places, so many eastern people there – we hided for example in the juish quarter – yeah, Venice is the place to be.

By the way, I really appreciate the work and effort you put in to transfer parts of your know how to us – thanks a lot. I do the same in my field, not yet on the web, but in universities where I hold lectures (obviously free of charge) and I love it.

And one last comment – you’ve recorded some really awesome sounding guitars, that is exactelly what I’m working on for in my home studio since quite some time.

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By: Ronan

Ronan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:22:28 +0000

Hey J.J.
Thanks for watching the show and your nice comment about it. If I am doing the piano in stereo (which is only about half the time) I will you an XY pair if I want a fairly natural sound, and spaced pairs if I am going for something with more dramatic stereo imagine.

Ronan

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By: j.j

j.j — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:28:18 +0000

Great show, You mentioned a lot about where to place the mics but not how you like to place them (eg spaced pair,xy etc). Any chance you could give some tips on that too?

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By: Dan K.

Dan K. — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:00:20 +0000

These are great piano recording tips. I tried the bottom piano mic you suggest and it works very well for me. You talk about phase relationship and that has always been a mystery to me. Can you provide a quick tip about how you can tell you have a phase issue?

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By: Ronan

Ronan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:20:34 +0000

Hi Benjamin, We do not have full video of the drum clinic. It was a master class I was doing in Milan. I do a far more in depth version at my home recording boot camps.

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By: benjamin

benjamin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:54 +0000

I saw that you had a clip with you teaching drum micing techniques. Is there any way I could watch that video somewhere?

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By: Mike 3rd

Mike 3rd — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:59:55 +0000

Hello everybody … just a short note,
the Producer’s Throne is a really cool thing … an easy way to say “Producer is God”
The throne is a hand painted wood throne made in the 30’s and it comes from a Palace of Venice.
On the back of it Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio’s motto saying: “Semper Adamas” latin sentence that means “strong as a diamond”
Best

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By: Anton Evans

Anton Evans — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:45:57 +0000

Thanks for the 5th installment! I’ve used the bottom mic technique you talked about and your spot on about the control over timbre that you gain. Thanks for talking about it.
Also I must get a studio “throne” built in Italy. That way clients will know who’s really in charge!! LOL Looks like the throne is made of marble.

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By: Ronan

Ronan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:10:31 +0000

Great piano recording tips Ronan – thank you for sharing this. I was wondering: What is your personal preference for piano mics?

Hey Lee, It depends on the piano I am recording and what role the piano plays in the tune. For classical and chamber music I am a big fan of the B&K/DPA 4006 mics, for something a little more pop with a big piano sound I often like Large Diaphram condensers like Neuman U87s or Pearlman TM-1s. For less money the Shure KSM 32s or 44 can be great choices. Sometimes on rock records or singer songwriter stuff where I want the piano to have a reaaly focused sound, the Shure SM57 can work surprisingly well.

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