Instrument family
Bowed strings
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.
Members: Cello, Double bass, Viola, Violin.
- Sources
- 2 (0 independent)
Mics sources recommend
7 setups from 2 sources, 0 of them independent of any mic maker. Few independent sources so far, so the mics are listed without counts. Listed alphabetically: there is no ranking.
On stage
Named, no placement given
- Shure Beta 98S maker's advice
- Shure KSM109 maker's advice
- Shure KSM137 maker's advice
- Shure KSM141 maker's advice
- Shure KSM27 maker's advice
- Shure KSM32 maker's advice
- Shure KSM44 maker's advice
- Shure PG81 maker's advice
- Shure SM81 maker's advice
- Shure SM94 maker's advice
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).
1
Studio and stage
Named, no placement given
- Shure PGA27 maker's advice
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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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