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Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 10:38 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

Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:25 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

Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 06:15 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

Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 11:10 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.

interruptor

Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:41 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.

Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 06:09 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

Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 11:48 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.

Johny Bravomvm

Posted on Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 05:45 am:

Ein Schloss, Ein Wurst, Ein Kopf !mvm

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