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Forget Christelle question..my mistake

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Wed, 05/26/2010 - 14:01
slucey
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Fritz,
Well i guess i have answered my own question...and you answered it some for me before....pardon me.
Christelle apparently is playing into a recording device directly without any speakers...so we hear something very different that even what she hears...the big box on the end is a Samson plug in transmiter and is quite heavy.
I see now the hesitancy in using wireless....it complicates the signal....
Oh well, she sounded astounding to me...its like photography sometimes I guess...what you see is often times really a manipulation...although its a nice manipulation.
Of course, before you mentioned looking at the Shure PGX line and i believe i could use my SM58 with that.
That might scratch my itch..even if its just for the fun of it.
You were right on...Thank YOU.

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Wed, 05/26/2010 - 22:22
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kingley
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Christelle plays directly

Christelle plays directly into her MacBook Pro. She then mixes the tracks in GarageBand. She listens to herself and the track via headphones whilst recording. I seem to recall that she usually uses a Greg Heumann Ultimate JR SM57 or SM58 mic. Sometimes she uses an Audix Fireball.

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Thu, 05/27/2010 - 07:48
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slucey
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Christelle...MacBook

Thats interesting....to me ...it is still all mystery using all the high tech...I have a hard time making time to practise my lessons let alone learing how to mix tracks! ..I think she sounds astounding..much better than plain acoustic...
I wonder what Sonny would say.....it is a truly classic piece..
Thank you for the information kingley.

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Sun, 05/30/2010 - 15:19
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Mic Expert Frit...
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"MANIPULATION..."

Hello Slucey,
That's a very poetic take on the wireless audio chain you're describing: "although its a nice manipulation". Anything and everything in the audio chain is an opportunity and a liability. I've known harp jockeys who've consciously misused wireless set-ups to achieve specific results -like photographic filters or lenses are used in the optical spectrum. Hey, it's ALL fair game! Just another pigment on the palette... - FRITZ

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