Recording Melodica

HM · Post by HM » Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:38 am

I soon recieve my first Melodica from Thomann Music,.... the Classic Hohner soprano, you know the one with worlds most discusting color,. any advice on how to mike it is much welcome, first time recording a wind instrument this is,.. I have both some nice condenser microphones, and some dynamic as well regards HM

KoCha · Post by **KoCha** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:25 pm

I just record yesterday my first melodica session... i use a vocal microphone, but i have take time to found how to positionne it to have less repsiration and pressing key noise. I put the mic horizontal and i play over it... i don't know if it's the best technic, but you will soon hear it when i have got finished the mix down. Jah Live, KoCha / www.almighty-dub.com

HM · Post by HM » Sun Jul 06, 2003 5:15 pm

Hi,.. I look forward, Talking Dog also mentions that keybord-noise makes it a real challenge,... yes any comments to this still welcome, I will return also later when/if I have anything to share HM

munky lee · Post by **munky lee** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 10:10 pm

hi kocha, nice to hear from you again. well, melodica is a REAL instrument, not a synth. so, this is my point of view: you have to hear the noise of the keys. this is normal. your ears can hear the noise, so the tape too!!! like an accordion, like a guitar etc... to record it, I use a simple SM57 Shure under my melodica at approx 10 centimeters.

Post by **interruptor** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 9:41 am

i also think it's nice to hear some of the key noise. i use an old black hohner and place the mic above the keyboard at a distance of ca 20 cm.

HM · Post by HM » Tue Jul 08, 2003 5:09 pm

point taken :-) I plan to sample the thing, and most definately I would like both key- noise and clean sound, it might be nessesary to remove noises mechanically for clean sound. I think sometimes Alpha and Omega uses a very "cheap" handheld dynamic-mic, for the effect this provides, and for the ability to use the mic as a part of the expression HM

MotorMind · Post by **MotorMind** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:48 am

I put the microphone under the melodica. This is where the tone-openings are on most models. When you do that, you get a lot less key lick and more tone.

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