nradinahotmail.com Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 Hello Everyone, I'm in search of some techniques for miking a timbale player for an upcoming live recording of a straight-up 8 piece latin band. The setup is pretty standard...1 pair of timbales, 2 bells, 1 wood block, 1 ride/crash cymbal on players left, 1 10" snare drum to players right. Please keep in mind this is a large band on a very small stage! Anyhow, anyhelp would be wonderfull!! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 Since no one has replied, I'll take a stab... However, I must warn you that I don't do live sound. I also must warn you that I've never miced timbales... One possible approach that may work for you is to have a spaced pair, so that it picks up everything. If i remember your instruments correctly, most of them seem to be fairly loud, and a spaced pair right over the whole array should be enough to pick up these instruments adequately. It'd at least be a good starting point. ------------------ Ken/Eleven Shadows/d i t h er/nectar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ music*travel photos*tibet*lots of stuff "Sangsara" "Irian Jaya" & d i t h er CDs available! http://www.elevenshadows.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricongacharter.net Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 i play in a 9 piece salsa band. normally you shouldnt have to mike the timbalero especially in a small venue. if you do have to mic be carefull not to pickup to much bell you can probably get it done with 1 57 close btwn the shells move it out till you just start to get the bell and mabey an overhead for cymbal. to much bell in the mains can ruin a gig for the players and the audience. make sure you mic the congas and especially the bongos if you have them they dont cut nearly as much as the timbal. whats important for the groove is the bass, piano montuno and hand bell supporting the rest of the band. good luck rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 Hi! Just for clarification, when I meant a spaced pair, I was referring to a couple of mics up high but positioned downward. The reason for the rationale is that you have a number of fairly loud instruments that will be easily picked up by the microphones (assuming that they even need to be picked up). You can also move the mics a little bit closer to some of the instruments that aren't as loud, if necessary. Buena suerte, ------------------ Ken/Eleven Shadows/d i t h er/nectar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ music*travel photos*tibet*lots of stuff "Sangsara" "Irian Jaya" & d i t h er CDs available! http://www.elevenshadows.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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