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> Does anyone have suggestions for small mics that are suitable for > mounting on instruments? to rehash the mention last month of 'film transducers' .... I had mentioned this vendor: http://www.pick-uptheworld.com/ and Tim Nelson had mentioned this one: http://www.kksound.com/transducers.html A the time we were talking about drums, but both both vendors position their products for string instruments. I use a PickUpTheWorld film pickup along with akg mic in my acoustic guitar. I didn't get good results when I originally installed it, but recently got hip to using a an appropriate preamp. I got an old Pendulum HZ-10SE parametric preamp and and now I get excellent results from the film pickup. It sounds a lot like a microphone actually. I would expect great results on a violin as well. But I now believe a good preamp with good EQ control is very important. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Zvonar" <zvonar@zvonar.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:53 AM Subject: Re: microphones ( was "electric percussion instruments") > At 8:24 AM -0800 2/24/03, Greg House wrote: > >The C1000 has a weak bass response...Records well a "zingy" sounding > >acoustic ...it's too thin sounding for good vocals. > > > >...for all-around stage work, the SM57...Beyer M201 (or even the > >M69) for a more neutral sound. The Audix dynamic mics are nice and > >crisp... Shure SM7 or EV RE20 would give better bass response > >without a lot of feedback issues. > > > Thanks for the informed opinions. > > Does anyone have suggestions for small mics that are suitable for > mounting on instruments? At the moment I'm particularly interested in > something for violin and viola. An obvious problem is the mounting > itself, since it's critical not to mar the instrument in the process. > One solution is a mini-gooseneck that could attach to the chin rest. > > Contact mics are another area of interest, particularly for > percussion (back to the main topic) and miscellaneous sounding bodies > such as machines and architectural elements. > > -- > > ______________________________________________________________ > Richard Zvonar, PhD > (818) 788-2202 > http://www.zvonar.com > http://RZCybernetics.com >