See & hear how audio engineer Anthony Iannucci recorded the legendary jazz pianist, Dave Brubeck! This tutorial shows you how to mic and record pianos!
Dave Brubeck is a jazz icon. So when we combined him with seasoned audio engineer, Anthony Iannucci, we came up with a solo piano recording tutorial that will reveal piano recording techniques that were, until now, the secrets of the pros!
Recording solo piano, especially with a virtuoso like Dave Brubeck at the keyboard, is a delicate and exacting task. Everything has to be perfect. The room has to sound just right. The piano has to be placed correctly in the room. The piano itself must meet the artist’s exacting standards and be tuned and regulated to perfection. Then there’s the microphones … What kind do you use? Where do you place them? How many mics are required to get the sound you’re after? Then follows the pre-amps, EQs, DAW. And (let’s not forget) mixing and mastering!
It this tutorial, Anthony Iannucci takes you through the whole solo piano recording process, from felt-hammers-hitting-strings to mastering. You’ll be exposed to all kinds of advanced recording techniques and outboard processing. You’ll even get a lesson in the physics of sound as it emanates from the piano’s soundboard and is then transformed by the placement of the the piano lid!
So sit back and take a page from the Anthony’s playbook of Recording the Grand Piano … and enjoy the added bonus of being a part of jazz history! Witness: The Dave Brubeck Sessions!
1:14
1. Introduction
2:37
2. Acoustic Considerations
2:10
3. Piano Lid Positions
2:01
4. Microphone Placement
2:47
5. Realizing The Potential for Phase Cancellation
1:59
6. Microphone Pre-Amplifiers
2:19
7. Understanding EQ & Signal Controllers
3:59
8. Multitrack Recording on Your DAW
1:54
9. The Dave Brubeck Piano Sessions
2: Editing
3:51
10. Phase Lock Editing for Multiple Tracks
3:40
11. Individual Track Edits
3: Mix it Up!
2:13
12. Piano Blend in a Group vs. Solo Piano
3:33
13. Plug-in Use
2:19
14. EQ, Level & Image Control
4: Mastering
1:57
15. Create Consistency Between Songs
1:24
16. Sotware Mastering with Waves Plug-ins
5: Z Noise
6:41
17. Description
4:43
18. Use on Piano Demo
6: Linear Phase Broadband EQ
3:23
19. Description
1:44
20. Use on Piano Demo
7: Linear Phase Multiband
6:18
21. Description
3:31
22. Use on Piano Demo
8: S1 Shuffler
4:34
23. Description
3:49
24. Use on Piano Demo
9: L3 LL Multi
2:10
25. Description
3:12
26. Use on Piano Demo
10: Audio Formats and Conclusion
3:32
27. Audio File Formats
00:32
28. Conclusion
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Height: 540 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16: 9
Frame rate mode: Constant
Frame rate: 10.000 fps
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Language: English
Encoded date: UTC 2011-01-05 06:57:11
Tagged date: UTC 2011-01-05 06:57:12
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Format: AAC
Format / Info: Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile: LC
Codec ID: 40
Duration: 1mn 13s
Bit rate mode: Constant
Bit rate: 105 Kbps
Nominal bit rate: 112 Kbps
Channel (s): 2 channels
Channel positions: Front: LR
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Compression mode: Lossy
Stream size: 941 KiB (16{83c93de8c9bf92b09b526c8ece7da73c325d55368c444eba1a4531e14f6c453a})
Language: English
Encoded date: UTC 2011-01-05 06:57:11
Tagged date: UTC 2011-01-05 06:57:12
Author: Anthony Iannucci
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
Type of material : Video Tutorial
Language: English
