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Q: Recording acoustic grand piano with 2 mics

Is anybody else recording acoustic grand piano with 2 mics or setting up and using an aggregate device? 

 

I purchased an Apogee MiC 96k that plugs into my iPad mini's lightning input.  It records very nicely.

 

But I want to put this Apogee mic on one side of the piano and another mic (just a regular mic that plugs into the 3.5mm input) on the other side of the piano.

Hopefully to get a better balanced sound recording from the piano.

 

I've been told that it can be done by setting up an aggregate device.  Then I could use the 3.5mm input with a regular mic.  I was given instructions but they pertained to setting up on an iPhone, not my iPad.

 

I wish that plugging into the lightning input would not cancel the 3.5mm input, but it does.  I have the iPad mini 4th generation and using the newest version of iOS, 9.0.2.

 

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Don

iPad Mini, iOS 9

Posted on Oct 7, 2015 10:04 AM