Re: [Shaku] pickup for shakuhachi

Dan, thank you. That's just what I was looking for. Thanks for the
other responses too guys!

I'm going to stick to closed headphones for the time being, and stay
on the lookout for a decent directional mic.

-- 
Nick
On 15 Nov 2009, at 19:17, Dan Gutwein <dangutwein@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>> -- 
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