micing/recording the... bagpipes

[hummingbird]

Hi - I ended up putting the Neumann about 6 feet away from the pipes & turning the input down real low. I'd listened to quite a few recordings of pipes & I think I got as close as I could in terms of quality. I did have to stuff kleenex in my ears and even then my ears rang for a day or two. I'm working on the composition over the next couple weeks and will post it when I'm done.cheershummin'birdPS - I didn't have any whiskey... but perhaps that was a good thing as he is a pipe major in the police force in Manitoba & he was driving

[jh]

Quote:Just for the record, in case anyone else is faced with recording bagpipes, the method advocated by JH above is ill-informed. Placing a mic above and close to the instrument (which does work for fiddles) could easily overload a condensor mic like a neumann. Neumann TLM103 is capable of handling sound pressure levels up to 138 dB without distortion. Spot mic for: wind instruments, strings, percussion, guitar amps, drum overhead... If they recommend using that mic on guitar amps it should be able to handle it. Pre-amp might have problems though, like Hummingbird said. Anyway, I agree that Scottish hillside would be the best way