| INSTRUMENT HOME | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA | |
| RECORDING THE INSTRUMENTS | ||
| The instruments were recorded using a stereo microphone set-up. Two Shure® SM-57 microphones were placed with their diaphragms and polar patterns oriented at 90 degrees relative to one another. The microphones were connected directly to a PASS MD-Report® housing a Sony® PCM-M1 digital audio tape recorder. (The PASS MD-Report® provided balanced XLR inputs, 1/4 inch stereo headphone outputs and longer battery life, in lieu of the PCM-M1's 1/8 inch mini plugs.) The recordings were made on November 7, 1999 at the Akademi Seni Kebangsaan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | ||
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| Engineer was Rick Shriver, Fulbright Senior Scholar attached to Universiti Putra Malaysia and Associate Professor of Communication at Ohio University, Zanesville, Ohio. Shriver was assisted by UPM graduate student Ms. Yaw Feng. The instruments were constructed and played by Mr. Hamzah Awang Amat, assisted by his student, Mr. Mohammed Kamarul Bahri Hussin. | ||
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| Two alternative microphone placements were used to capture the instrument sounds. One near the performer's head, to capture the timbre of the instrument from the player's perspective, and the other in a more traditional placement in front of the instrument and performer. | ||
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