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How to mic a grand piano on a recording session

 Posted on May 5, 2009      by Brian Petersen
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A Yamaha 7′ Grand Piano (built in concert grand factory) at the former Crossroads Studio in Costa Mesa. The drums and band from earlier sessions were run to tape and then to Radar and pt.

See the full size pic at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpbp/2777435516/

Chris Taylor’s rig from Crossroads:

46 Inputs to mix custom built console with API out-put stage
12-Langavin microphone preamps
12-Custom built by Beno May microphone preamps
2-Tube-Tech microphone preamps (TUBE)
2-Quad Eight microphone preamps
3-API microphone preamps
6-modified Boulder microphone preamps
2-Summit microphone preamps
8-Aphex equalizers (Exact copies of B & B equalizer)
3-B & B equalizers
5-API 550A equalizers
5-API 550 equalizers
1-Stereo passive graphic equalizers
1-Two channel passive graphic equalizers
2-LA2A TELETRONIX LEVELING AMPLIFIERS (TUBE)
2-175B UA LIMITING AMPLIFIERS (TUBE)
1-175 UA LIMITING AMPLIFIER (TUBE)
3-1176 LN PEAK LIMITERS (UNIVERSAL AUDIO)
1-1176 LN URIE (Compressor/ Limiter)
6-DBX 903 (Compressor/ Limiter)
4-DBX 902 (DE ESSER)
2-DBX 161 (Compressor/ Limiter)
8-APHEX GATES/EXPANDERS
1-t.c. electronics INTONATOR
1-EMT 140 stereo tube driven full size plate reverb (TUBE)
1-Lexicon 480
2-Lexicon 224′s
1-Lexicon pcm 41
1-REV 7
3-Quadraverbs
Lexicon LFI-10 Digital Audio Format Interface
2-Stevens 24trk Analog Multitracks (Class A discrete electronics)
2-ATR100 2trk Multitracks
1-Pro Tools HD-3 system with 2-192′s , 1-888 interface and SYNC module
Pro Tools plug-ins-Waves Platinum/Auto-Tune/Pitch Doctor/Bomb Factory/Focusrite/and others
1-Radar24 with Nyquist converters
1-Yamaha 7′ Grand Piano (built in concert grand factory)

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Photo by Brian A Petersen
brianapetersen@gmail.com



Studio, Wedding, and Portrait Photography & Video by Brian A Petersen. Based in Los Angeles, CA.