Which recording method do you accept and prefer?

[johnmar78]

Hey Folks,

Here is my findings of 3 common recording methods used in amateur use/semi pro. Tell me which one do you think is adequate and reasonably accpeted in the society.

1) Use digital recorder and perhaps 2 mics together with a video cam played on a real piano.

2) Use digital piano , internally recorded and thereofre, no background noise or preamp humming noise..so ever, the sound sampling comes from well know grand. eg steinway, yamaha...and so on. Of course, recored it together with a video cam too, but syn the file together afterwards.
 
3) Use the same method as 2), but prerecoreded on the digital piano and do another video that played on a real grand/piano but with hidden ear phones or speaker that you try to play in time with your first pre recored sound track and then syn the video file later. In this case, YOU looked like playing on a real grand, but you actually are using your digital files that was prerecorded. 

What do you think ?

[costicina]

Hi John,
my method is far simples, since I'm not too sophisticated in technology; besides, I don't like to edit: my recordings have to be like "live" performances. So I play on a real piano ( a Steinway baby grand), with a Zoom Q3 HD handy camera (two stereo mics + video, so you don't have to synchronize audio and video). I'm satisfyed, but of course being a plain amateur,  I don't need professional  recording devicese...
Marg

[ted]

Mine is even cruder, but it produces a sound I like very much. Zoom H2 on a tripod in the position shown with the piano lid closed. Other than perhaps for elucidating some point of technique, I see absolutely no reason to inflict my groping, ursine presence on listeners by making videos. They probably have enough problems with my music as it is.

[starstruck5]

   wow the third one made me laugh -talk about convoluted?

I don't know my favourite method yet -cos I want to record my ancient upright and new digital -so while I have a Mackbook Pro -which has the capabilities to record both -I only have its very ordinary sounding built in microphone -So I think I will go down the route of getting a Zoom Q3HD like Costa -or the Olympus LS20 and record live -so that there is some relationship between the upright and the digital.

[johnmar78]

here my my rig..