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Micing up a Santoor for live application

#1 User is offline   a.swart916 

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 11:56 AM

Hi guys,

Please help.
I need to mic up a santoor for a live performance. What mics and mic techniques are recommended?

Many thanks.

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 12:19 PM

I would have thought a pair of small diaphragm condensors set about a foot away should cover it well. Is it on a noisy stage where spill might be an issue?

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 12:22 PM

The same has been answered here

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 12:32 PM

I am also thinking the same thing. Thinking the Shure Beta 98A. Small,condenser and cardioid.

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 01:19 PM

Santoor is to my eyes a Hammered Dulcimer, my solution would be two pencil condensors pointed over the top down to the middle of the instrument
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 01:47 AM

There is a similar chinese instrument called Yang Qin, and some musicians here told me to point the microphones from the bottom up towards the instrument, where it has a few openings. But my own experiment shows that pickung up its sound from the top brings out more highs and generally sounds just more natural.
Maybe they just didn't want the mics in front of them, to be visible :P

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