Comments on: Micing Clarinet for Live Applications http://www.jazz-clarinet.com/2010/06/15/micing-clarinet-for-live-applications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=micing-clarinet-for-live-applications Jazz-Clarinet, all things Jazz and Clarinet Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:41:04 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: grd http://www.jazz-clarinet.com/2010/06/15/micing-clarinet-for-live-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-3616 grd Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:30:57 +0000 http://www.jazz-clarinet.com/?p=212#comment-3616 The problem with amplifying clarinet is that the sound comes out in many directions, the fingerholes and the bell, and different notes project from different places. Therefore, a single microphone is not a great solution in live situations. Depending on the volume of the particular situation you are playing in, I have found two different approaches that work well. AMT, Applied Microphone Technology, makes excellent double mics on ultra-lite goosenecks which clip on to your bell and suspend a mic under your bell and above the fingerholes. They are not cheap, but of the highest quality. See http://www.appliedmicrophone.com/products/show/18 If you are playing in high volume situations where feedback can be a problem, a mic which is installed on the barrel is a good solution. No feedback, decent sound which you can alter with electronics, if you are into that. See the PT100PV on this page- I have found this to be a quality product: http://gtc-music1.com/store/index.php Either of these solutions can be wireless. I have used them both. I use the barrel solution most lately because I don't have to worry about feedback. Good luck, Glenn The problem with amplifying clarinet is that the sound comes out in many directions, the fingerholes and the bell, and different notes project from different places. Therefore, a single microphone is not a great solution in live situations. Depending on the volume of the particular situation you are playing in, I have found two different approaches that work well. AMT, Applied Microphone Technology, makes excellent double mics on ultra-lite goosenecks which clip on to your bell and suspend a mic under your bell and above the fingerholes. They are not cheap, but of the highest quality. See http://www.appliedmicrophone.com/products/show/18

If you are playing in high volume situations where feedback can be a problem, a mic which is installed on the barrel is a good solution. No feedback, decent sound which you can alter with electronics, if you are into that. See the PT100PV on this page- I have found this to be a quality product: http://gtc-music1.com/store/index.php

Either of these solutions can be wireless. I have used them both. I use the barrel solution most lately because I don’t have to worry about feedback.

Good luck,
Glenn

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