Looking for the sweet spot / Erhlund EAP placement & Realist Lifeline comparison

0:00 intro PIZZ: ----------------------------- 3:45 mic (condenser sE X1 ca 1,5m in front of the bridge) 4:16 Realist Lifeline no preamp 4:46 #01 Ehrlund EAP pickup + preamp 5:13 #02 5:40 #03 6:08 #04 6:32 #05 6:57 #06 7:22 #07 7:45 #08 8:15 #09 8:40 #10 9:01 #11 9:29 #12 9:56 #13 10:24 #14 10:53 #15 11:19 #16 11:46 #17 12:12 #18 on the bridge 12:44 #19 rear desk 13:16 #20 rear desk 13:51 #21 in the c-bout 14:20 #22 14:45 #23 15:10 #24 15:34 #25 15:58 #26 16:25 #27 back of the fingerboard 17:02 #1 – sweet spot (again) 17:27 #1 – 10mm towards the bass bar 17:54 #1 – 10mm towards the f hole 18:21 #1 – 10mm towards f hole, 10 mm lower 18:46 #1 – 10mm lower 19:13 #1 – 5mm towards the f hole 19:42 #1 – proximity check – normal height (ca 1mm) 20:10 # 1 – proximity check – less putty (ca 0.5mm) 20:38 #1 – proximity check – more putty (ca 1.5mm) 21:06 A #1 final – sweet spot, normal height 21:33 B lifeline + paradriver 22:02 A #1 sweet spot + paradriver 22:30 B mic 23:00 A #1 final – sweet spot, normal height 23:29 B mic BOW: ----------------------------- 3:59 mic (condenser sE X1 ca 1,5m in front of the bridge) 4:29 Realist Lifeline no preamp 4:57 #01 Ehrlund EAP pickup + preamp 5:24 #02 5:52 #03 6:20 #04 6:44 #05 7:08 #06 7:33 #07 8:02 #08 8:26 #09 8:51 #10 9:16 #11 9:40 #12 10:11 #13 10:35 #14 11:03 #15 11:30 #16 11:57 #17 12:29 #18 on the bridge 13:01 #19 rear desk 13:36 #20 rear desk 14:07 #21 in the c-bout 14:31 #22 14:55 #23 15:20 #24 15:44 #25 16:09 #26 16:45 #27 back of the figerboard 17:12 #1 – sweet spot (again) 17:38 #1 – 10mm towards the bass bar 18:06 #1 – 10mm towards the f hole 18:32 #1 – 10mm towards f hole, 10 mm lower 18:58 #1 – 10mm lower 19:23 #1 – 5mm towards the f hole 19:56 #1 – proximity check – normal height (ca 1mm) 20:22 # 1 – proximity check – less putty (ca 0.5mm) 20:51 #1 – proximity check – more putty (ca 1.5mm) 21:18 A #1 final – sweet spot, normal height 21:45 B lifeline + paradriver 22:13 A #1 sweet spot + paradriver 22:42 B mic 23:13 A #1 final – sweet spot, normal height 23:42 B mic Looking for the sweet spot Erhlund EAP placement & Realist Lifeline comparison carved double bass: ca 1920 Bohemian flatback strung with Spirocore Mittels reference mic: sE X1 condenser ca 1.5m in front of the bridge pickup systems: Realist Lifeline with/without SansAmp Para Driver preamp Ehrlund EAP pickup with Ehrlund preamp recorded through Steinberg UR22C interface no sound coloring Jiří Matys 10/2021