Microphones for whistles.

[Heather]

I got It!!!

Place one of those clip mics on your Schnozz. The most perfect place, because wherever the whistle is being played, your schnozz will be right above

How do you breathe? Oh yeah thought your mouth, stupid cow.

[CraigBatty]

How do you breathe? Oh yeah thought your mouth, stupid cow.

I have a bad habit of playing whistles like a pipers' chanter, with the whistle in one corner of my mouth and breathing through the other one. Not always, but it's a bad habit nonetheless. My nose-breathing is sometimes loud in the mike; particularly, I discovered, in recording. It's really just a matter of me taking the time to actually practice, and working out my phrasing so that the breaths are both logically and practically placed in the tune. I have another bad habit of playing tunes from tunebooks instead of memorising them too

[Behan]

How do you breathe? Oh yeah thought your mouth, stupid cow.

I have a bad habit of playing whistles like a pipers' chanter, with the whistle in one corner of my mouth and breathing through the other one. Not always, but it's a bad habit nonetheless. My nose-breathing is sometimes loud in the mike; particularly, I discovered, in recording. It's really just a matter of me taking the time to actually practice, and working out my phrasing so that the breaths are both logically and practically placed in the tune. I have another bad habit of playing tunes from tunebooks instead of memorising them too

You're from DownUnder mate! I'm sure you had an Aboriginal tribe member show you circular breathing once. I still can't get it too well. The only place I can go is to the Outback Steakhouse that can be found in every town of the USA.

[CraigBatty]

...Outback Steakhouse that can be found in every town of the USA.

Strewth cobber! Fair dinkum, I figured the Free Trade Agreement was all one-sided, but now I see that our colonial plans for kulturkampf proceed unabated! Excellent! Soon you will all be eating pies and drinkin' stubbies like a buncha bonzer ocker blokes and sheilas, or else yez'll all look like drongos. And Chairman Johnny don't take kindly to drongos, too right he don't mate.
And as fer circular breathing...
"...the bubbles in the bong..."

[Behan]

You're from DownUnder mate! I'm sure you had an Aboriginal tribe member show you circular breathing once. I still can't get it too well. The only place I can go is to the Outback Steakhouse that can be found in every town of the USA.

But I'm sure any of their waiters and waitresses don't even know where Australia is on the map, much less know circular breathing or didjeridoos and such. I need to call back my mandolin maker in New Zealand so, I'll see ya.
I called him up today (or tomorrow over there), but it was 2am over there. I forgot about the time difference between here and New Zealand!!

[Heather]

How do you breathe? Oh yeah thought your mouth, stupid cow.

I have a bad habit of playing whistles like a pipers' chanter, with the whistle in one corner of my mouth and breathing through the other one.

So do I, Fintan.

[Silver Quest]

HELP!

I am responsible for the sound for a time-served Folk-Rock band and have been invited to play whistle on the odd tune and actually lead one! The band are excellent, but I am merely adequate! My problem is getting the volume out of the whistle so I do not have to turn the rest of the band down for my lead piece. I have tried different positions, a £150 Senheisser, and I am now at the point of buying a clip on if I can not sort it this month!

Any suggestions out there please?

Is it just about precise location of the fipple and the mic? I have tried every position, but can not get a signal on the desk to rise over -20dbs with full gain on the desk!!!

I already where headphones to quell any feedback, but how is it that Spider can play without feedback? Does he have his fold-back turned right down? I can not play unless I can hear the fold-back as my ambient whistle is drowned by the rest of the band. The other thought was for a pre-amp in-line -

Thanks!
Mr. Mediocresoundandwhistleman.

PS Who do we contact to request permission to cover a Pogues number?

[philipchevron]

HELP!

I am responsible for the sound for a time-served Folk-Rock band and have been invited to play whistle on the odd tune and actually lead one! The band are excellent, but I am merely adequate! My problem is getting the volume out of the whistle so I do not have to turn the rest of the band down for my lead piece. I have tried different positions, a £150 Senheisser, and I am now at the point of buying a clip on if I can not sort it this month!

Any suggestions out there please?

Is it just about precise location of the fipple and the mic? I have tried every position, but can not get a signal on the desk to rise over -20dbs with full gain on the desk!!!

I already where headphones to quell any feedback, but how is it that Spider can play without feedback? Does he have his fold-back turned right down? I can not play unless I can hear the fold-back as my ambient whistle is drowned by the rest of the band. The other thought was for a pre-amp in-line -

Thanks!
Mr. Mediocresoundandwhistleman.

PS Who do we contact to request permission to cover a Pogues number?

Hmm, can't comment on the fipple and mic, I'm afraid. Have you tried a larger PA at all? Spider gets plenty of whistle in his foldback, as far as I can tell.

No permission is required to do our songs once we've done them, though you are required not to fuck with them too much and to pay all the relevant copyright agencies.

[Pyro]

Silver Quest: Hello - I actually experienced the same problem. On tour with the Hogs, I could hear myself well on 3 gigs, other 4 were not very good.

On those 4 "bad" gigs, I played with the blade almost glued to the mic...and it didn´t help that much.

Of course, you can talk to the sound engineer and tell him, you want mostly your whistle in the fold-back. But that won´t change your overall volume. I think if you tell the sound engineer, you have to have some sort of powerful mic, or pre-amp, he should do it for you. Other than that, I can´t think of anything better.