Recording brass and woodwind

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Recording brass and woodwind

The SM58 will do fine, but a better choice is a condenser mic. Where you place the mic depends very much on where most of the sound comes from saxes and brass from the bell, flute from the mouthpiece, etc. However, particularly with woodwind, the sound emanates from other parts of the instrument and it is better, therefore, to keep the mic at a reasonable distance from the player, 45 cm or so is usually OK.

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