Chexjc
Member
Hey guys,
I was sitting around earlier tonight thinking how I couldn't bring myself to purchase a passive pickup for my uke - one that would run me $40+ and sound mediocre at best...when a brilliant idea came to me. Being the video production student that I am, I've got tons of microphones laying around. I clipped a lavalier mic to the sound hole and positioned the microphone just below the strings.
I know this isn't a new concept - I've seen soundhole mics, but WOW it sounds amazing! I've yet to test it out on a PA (hopefully feedback won't be too much of a problem), but it sounds great as a recording mechanism.
To test it out, I ran my lav into Garageband with a hint of reverb and recorded a song real quick. What do you guys think of the quality?
Daisy Bell
Anyway, just thought I'd share because I'm super excited .
-Jason
I was sitting around earlier tonight thinking how I couldn't bring myself to purchase a passive pickup for my uke - one that would run me $40+ and sound mediocre at best...when a brilliant idea came to me. Being the video production student that I am, I've got tons of microphones laying around. I clipped a lavalier mic to the sound hole and positioned the microphone just below the strings.
I know this isn't a new concept - I've seen soundhole mics, but WOW it sounds amazing! I've yet to test it out on a PA (hopefully feedback won't be too much of a problem), but it sounds great as a recording mechanism.
To test it out, I ran my lav into Garageband with a hint of reverb and recorded a song real quick. What do you guys think of the quality?
Daisy Bell
Anyway, just thought I'd share because I'm super excited .
-Jason