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In Reply to: Stereo piano music posted by newvinyl on November 10, 2015 at 15:27:04:
The Zenph/Sony recreation of the 1955 Gould recording of the Goldberg Variations, which is a stunningly good recording btw, also suffers from that.
For this, they played back the 1955 tape into digital files that captured pitch, harmonics, attack, decay, etc. in extreme detail. That digital file fed software that created instructions for the Yamaha Disklavier system. They "played" the piece on a nine-foot Yamaha Disklavier grand that was voided to sound like Gould's Steinway. Their goal was to get that piano to closely replicate Gould's original performance. They played it before an audience that included some who knew Gould, and reportedly many in the audience were in tears.
After that, they recorded that piano playing the piece in a studio, with binaural and stereo micing. The binaural mics were at the pianist's position, which somewhat exaggerates the lows-on-the-left, highs-on-the-right. Still, for anyone with headphones who loves the 1955 performance, this is a recording to have. The stereo version is quite good, but the binaural works best, despite the micing. (Both versions come with the piece from hdtracks.)
For close piano micing, I've gotten best results from a spaced pair of small-diaphram condensers about 18" apart, pointed down, about 4-6" above the strings and 5" from the dampers, though X-Y comes close and doesn't run the risk of phase cancelation.
I've only done micing for classical piano a couple times, and that was in a live room, not a concert hall or church. I got the best results with a pair of U87s tipped in near the the lid opening, an X-Y pair of KM84s over the strings which I'd mix in if it needed more of an "in your face" quality, and a pair of widely spaced vintage 414s about six feet away to bring in some of the room. I'd love to have the chance to practice with this more; some day I'll get to it, and maybe some day I'll get a pair of Schoeps mics to do it with.
WW
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Follow Ups
- and binaural done at the pianist's position - Bill Way 09:29:16 11/12/15 (1)
- RE: and binaural done at the pianist's position - ahendler 14:13:03 11/12/15 (0)
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