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RECORDING BRASS & REEDS
Brass and reed instruments present some challenging problems to the recording
engineer, whether played by soloists or sections. Hugh Robjohns offers some
hints and tips.
Recording any musical instrument is a challenge if you want to capture a faithful rendition of
the performance without distorting the tonal quality of the instrument or veiling it with
undesirable mechanical noises. It seems to me that every instrument -- and I include the
human voice in that description -- presents its own unique set of problems and solutions,
and in this article I shall be looking at some of the techniques and pitfalls of recording brass
and reed instruments, both as played by soloists and in sections.
As with any musical instrument, placing the microphone is much easier if you have an
understanding of how the instrument works -- where the es from, how it radiates
from the instrument, and what its frequency and dynamic range is. So let's start with a brief
look at the mon brass instruments to get a feel of what is involved.
The Brass Instruments
The full family of brass instruments as we know them today, including
the , trumpet, trombone, tuba, and euphonium, date from about
1850, by which time their designs had been optimised. The last major
evolution was the invention of the valve a