Re: [Shaku] pickup for shakuhachi

You have to stop the already amplified sound from reentering the mic
and being amplified all over again. Headphones have nothing to do with
that. Both of your mics are probably omni/wide pattern mics. Great for
recording but terrible for live sound reinforcement. Pickups work fine
to reduce feedback, but they are essentially hypercartiod mics
(supernarrow pattern). The attached mic would have to be suspended
somehow near the top of the flute away from fingerholes so as not to
favor the sounds coming out of that hole. Not too close to your lips
or breath rumble will be picked up. Not touching the body of the flute
(unless you have some hightech damping material there - don't want to
pick up finger banging!

Dan
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On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Kelvin Falconer
<falconer@enternet.co.nz> wrote:

> Nick, if you use headphones that will remove the external speaker
> sound re-entering the microphone.
> Not all headphones are equal, shop around.
>
> Kel.
> On 15/11/2009, at 2:19 AM, Nick Morrison wrote:
>
>> hello group-mind,
>>
>> when i record myself playing the shakuhachi, I use a rode nt4
>> microphone, or I use the in-built mics in my pcm-d50. both are
>> awesome! but I'd like to experiment with pickups. I'm hoping (for
>> one thing) that using a pickup could help reduce feedback when I do
>> live sound processing things.
>>
>> does anyone have any experiences on the topic they'd like to share?
>>
>> nick
>>
>> --
>> Nick Morrison <nick@nick.on.net>
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