Doublestop Magazine

Recording Strings

Did you enjoy our article “Recording Strings at Home“? Want to know more? Check out Hugh Robjohns’ article “Recording Strings” from a 1999 issue of Sound on Sound. It is a bit more technical than what you’ve read here in Doublestop Magazine, but even the amateur is likely to pick up a hint or two. Of course, I’m guessing few of our readers will need to hear this warning:

“…be warned that applying gaffer tape to an instrument in an effort to secure a mic cable may result in sudden death when the owner discovers that removing the tape also dislodges the varnish.”

Update: I’ve recently run across a couple more items that may be of use to budding violin recording engineers. Recording Review has a number of Tips for Recording a Violin. And, if you’re less interested in the technical aspects of recording, and more wondering why you’d want to do such a thing, head over to the Violinist.com discussion thread on how people use recordings to improve their technique.