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Nice. I love hearing something different like this (I'm currently playing around with dubstep). Was definitely worth the listen. Good sound for the style, as well. Thumbs up to the engineer and/or producer :) . I'll have to check out the apex mic, as it's not one I know. I'm running with a mix of an...

looks like a neumann u87 from above (very nice mic, if so), and a shure sm58 from the front. The front one isn't a condenser mic, at a glance, and is likely only there to give a little more attack if needed. the neumann is the one carrying most of the sound, and is a much better mic. Would be intere...

I once saw a set of pictures of embouchure of some of the more famous players around... they were so varied that one had to wonder how they got so good... While there may be classic 'correct' embouchure types, I'd be more interested to hearing how your tone through the flute range is sounding. If it...

btw... thanks mirwa for the advice on costs... I did some checking around, and got a slightly better price (would you believe $25 for the same stuff I'd got quoted before? Go figure...). I came home and returned with my flute a few hours later, and look forward to seeing it midweek with the few twee...

What is she currently playing? (make and model, if possible). Actually, a better approach might be to take her into a decent music shop and get her to try out some flutes. There is some variation depending on lip shape, etc. And fair warning: the $ range you're talking about might be a challenge if ...

Ah well... local costs are about $300- $400, so was no harm in trying...

lol Even with postage, that's cheaper than it would cost me here in NZ. What sort of turn around time do you have? I'm coming up on the point of getting it cleaned and checked soon...

Nice article. I've worked through a few setups for stages, with various mic types, and this seems to cover most of the results. Thanks for the link

Even new flutes, unless set up by a good tech at the start, can come out with pad issues. While it might be just the differences in the flutes (mechanisms, etc), I'd suggest getting it checked out. My open holed flute arrived new needing a few things tweaked as well...

Not bad. It felt like it was missing a little up where the attack of the sound was, but for a clean recording, that was very well done. I'd suggest dropping the 300 to 500Hz range by about 3dB, and try that. Might affect the woody tone, but will allow more of the attack to present itself maybe... Al...

Lots of thanks... something of a relief to see it spam free right now

http://global.rakuten.com/us/store/chuya-online/item/59143/ Try this site. It may be a bit more friendly. It seems to be the japanese equivalent of ebay. I will probably buy it when I have the money. Has anyone found a really good recording of this? The ones on youtube are pretty bad quality. If an...

You'll probably find many will discourage you from Gemeinhardt as an option, but I know where you're coming from. My second flute was a Gemeinhardt (first was a Yamaha), and I recently upgraded to another one similar to what you're looking at. They can require a bit more servicing, I believe (can't ...

Good point about the tuner, I'll have to borrow a proper sensitive one from work to test with... I hadn't thought about the scaling of the flutes, but her one is older while mine is pretty current, so might be tuned different. Easy ways to check? Perhaps this week I'll ask about switching and trying...

I have been playing around with the C# to D fingering changes, and started leaving the first three fingers of the bottom hand on the keys briefly during the change for extra stability. With both ear and electronic pitch tuner, I could find no discernable difference, so have allowed the habit to pers...