Bowed strings
Cello · Double bass · Viola · Violin
- Sources
- 20 independent: not from a mic maker
What it is
Violin, viola, cello and double bass. Many sources write for strings as a group, and viola advice is often 'as for the violin', so advice for the family shows on each member's page.
Also called strings.
Where the sound comes from
- bow noise (noise): worst close to the bow and strings3
- The front plate is the main radiator over most of the range, but the beam width and axis change with frequency, and some bands come out mostly behind the player.3
Mics
- 7 setups from 2 sources, 0 of them independent of any mic maker.
- On top: the mics more than one source names for this instrument, in any role, the most named first. That is a count of sources, not our verdict.
- Few independent sources so far, so the full list shows no counts.
No mic is named by more than one source yet: each names its own.
All the mics sources name, by setting and role (11)
On stage
Named, no placement given
- Shure Beta 98Sfrom its own maker
- Shure KSM109from its own maker
- Shure KSM137from its own maker
- Shure KSM141from its own maker
- Shure KSM27from its own maker
- Shure KSM32from its own maker
- Shure KSM44from its own maker
- Shure PG81from its own maker
- Shure SM81from its own maker
- Shure SM94from its own maker
The 3 setups behind this: placement and quotes
- Named, no placement given Shure KSM141 or Shure KSM137 or Shure KSM109 or Shure KSM44 or Shure KSM32 or Shure KSM27 or Shure SM81 or Shure SM94 or Shure PG81 or Shure Beta 98Slisted for strings
Listed under "Strings" in the Shure Microphone Selection Guide (no argument given).
1 - Named, no placement given Shure KSM141 or Shure KSM137 or Shure KSM109 or Shure KSM44 or Shure KSM32 or Shure KSM27 or Shure SM81 or Shure SM94 or Shure PG81 or Shure Beta 98Slisted for strings
Listed under "Strings" in the Shure Microphone Selection Guide (no argument given).
1 - Named, no placement given Shure KSM141 or Shure KSM137 or Shure KSM109 or Shure KSM44 or Shure KSM32 or Shure KSM27 or Shure SM81 or Shure SM94 or Shure PG81 or Shure Beta 98Slisted for strings
Listed under "Strings" in the Shure Microphone Selection Guide (no argument given).
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Studio and stage
Named, no placement given
- Shure PGA27from its own maker
The 4 setups behind this: placement and quotes
- Named, no placement given Shure PGA27string instruments
PGA27 is "designed for clear capture of your string instruments" (the only mic Shure recommends on this page).
2 - Named, no placement given Shure PGA27string instruments
PGA27 is "designed for clear capture of your string instruments".
2 - Named, no placement given Shure PGA27string instruments
PGA27 is "designed for clear capture of your string instruments".
2 - Named, no placement given Shure PGA27string instruments
PGA27 is "designed for clear capture of your string instruments".
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