Sony Ecm-907 90 Or 120?

[jimmylove]

I will be recording a classical piano recital and the mic can only be about 7 feet away on a chair (i.e. not in the piano or even that close to it). Should the mic switch be on 90 or 120? And on the mini disc (MZNH1) should sensitivity be low?

TIA,

James

[dex Otaku]

I will be recording a classical piano recital and the mic can only be about 7 feet away on a chair (i.e. not in the piano or even that close to it).  Should the mic switch be on 90 or 120?  And on the mini disc (MZNH1) should sensitivity be low?

TIA,

James

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Use a mic stand if you can find one.

I'd use 90 degrees for this, with the mic about head-level, pointed down into the soundbox, basically at the middle of the piano [front to back]. As it is your recital, they should allow recording and likely will provide you with the stand if you ask for it. A music stand makes a good place to sit the recorder, though you might want to set something on top of it [folded t-shirt?] to muffle the motor.

The 90/120 setting is basically for how 'wide' the stereo spread is.

My advice as to mic sensitivity - if the piece [or pieces] you're to be playing is/are very dynamic [gets very loud] leave it on normal. If the piece is very gentle, put it on high sens. There are no hard-set rules to this; trying is the only way to find out. At the very least, the added noise of amplifying everything later [if you use normal and the levels are fairly low] should be no worse than the amount of noise using high sensitivity generates on its own.