STRINGS ATTACHED Recording Strings

STRINGS ATTACHED Recording Strings HUGH ROBJOHNS The art and the challenge of recording is all about capturing the best possible rendition of the musical performance without colouring the tonal quality of the instruments or swamping their subtleties in undesirable mechanical noises. In this workshop I shall be looking at some of the techniques and pitfalls involved in recording violins, cellos and basses, be it as solo instruments or in the context of quartets and larger string sections. As regular readers will know, one of my hobby horses is that finding the best position for the microphone is far easier with an...