Re: ebow, tamboura & accoustic looping (mikes?)

[Alex Stahl <alex@pixar.com>]

There's gotta be a way to make an optical reflective microphone. 
Didn't someone already do this for a guitar pickup?

At 2:42 PM -0500 5/24/00, Dennis W. Leas wrote:
>  >How does one deal with isolating the new
>  >loop material from the currently sounding loop if
>  >you're not using a contact mike?  Is it usually an
>  >issue?
>
>Yes, I find it can be a real issue.  Here's some things I've found out:
>1) Close mic.  Even if you have to play quieter than normal.  E.g., 
>when I close
>mic my claves I must gently tap them.
>2) Use directional mics.
>3) Play in quiet places for quiet audiences.
>4) Avoid playing outdoors in the wind.  (Avoid playing indoors in 
>the wind also!
>:)
>5) Keep on-stage sound levels as low as possible.  Sometimes I monitor 
>through
>headphones.
>6) If possible, mute unused mics.
>
>Of course, you have to go with the flow.  I was playing a small bookstore 
>once
>and as I started an overdub, a young lady in the front sneezed. 
>When she heard
>the looping sneeze she started giggling.  When she heard the looping 
>giggles,
>she lost it completely and started laughing so hard she began hiccuping.  
>When
>she heard the looping laughing hiccuping...well...  Not what I intended 
>but so
>what....
>
>Dennis Leas
>-----------------------------
>dennis@mdbs.com