The big enemy in live sound with an instrument like the vibes is feedback. That’s not just the horrible screeching sound when it gets out of control, however. It’s those weird resonances that happen when you play certain notes in certain rooms with certain mics in certain positions.
This will take a little explaining.
First we had a zoom meeting with microphone designer Ron Oswanski. He used to work for Amt microphones and is now out on his own and has made a beautiful vibe microphone so I had him come and talk about it.
That's the easy part to explain the hard part is what happens next. If you don't know what Google Notebook LM is you need to check it out it's mind blowing.
Recorded in Hattiesburg
Friedman Pedaling and Dampening Etude #24
As I am working hard to learn to play this new instrument (the array mbira), I have taken to forcing myself to record to add a little pressure. I have been using standard tunes a lot just because I don't have to learn the music; I can just focus on learning to play the mbira.
Becky came over the yesterday to practice a little on my parsifal bells, and I let her hear this. It occurs to me that I might get some good feedback from the rest of you here, so have at it...
What do you all think? Is this absolute confirmation of my insanity?? :)
