Message 83/87
Date: 17-Dec-05 @ 11:26 PM -
RE: so who plays proper instruments?
[image file]
Here is how to position mics for seated players. Move them a little farther down for big band micing so that when the saxophonist stands for solos he can position the bell of his sax 6"-12" from the mic.
Note the colored windscreens, colored tape bands on the mics, and the connectors. It is east to see the color, follow that back to the mixer. At the time I purchases all these cables I could only get black (and later a red cable). Now cables in colors are easy to get. I like colored cables for not only visual ID of what goes where, but it keeps them from being tripping hazard on dark stages. It is bad enough for a mic to fall, but a musician with a $5000 instrument falling on other instruments... well, the gig is over right there.
For trumpet and trombone, don't use a boom. With their music stand between the brass player and the mic, it gets a little more needed distance.
In this picture, on the far right, you can see my straight and curved sopranos, which are often featured in the above mentioned sight gag.