by Miking a piano is surely challenging, particularly in live-performance settings. Here are a few takes on it — worth reading whether you actually need to mike a piano or not, because they say a lot about the nature of a piano’s sound (I found at least one of these articles interesting because it changed the way I think about piano samples).
Recording Magazine Resources: Miking the Grand Piano
Miking the Grand Piano: The piano is a complicated contraption consisting of up to 7000 discrete parts. Hundreds of strings resonate sympathetically and…
Curiously, very few articles talk about miking uprights, because they don’t get no respect. This one does:
How to Record an Upright Piano: A Look at 5 Distinct Mic’ing Techniques
Exploring the types of sounds you can capture through a variety of mic placements.
This one has a budget-conscious option:
Piano Miking Techniques | Signature Sound
We’re going to discuss two different techniques for miking a […]
And for real geeking-out, here’s an engineer from ECM:
