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Thank you all SO MUCH for taking the time to help me out. I will experiment more with Mic position and post processing. I'll also try an SM58 and 57 as I have them. If anyone cares to post a photo of the mic position they are suggesting that would be brilliant. cheers

Yes I know lay off the sprouts! seriously when I record whistles into cubase there is an almost constant background noise of the air as well as the main notes. I've tried using more tonguing but I don't think I should have to do that. I've altered the position of the mic but can't find one that does...

Hi, although i have some regular whistles, Chieftain, Sindt, Generation etc, I adore the rich breathy quality of the cheap indian bamboo whistles. Also some I have which I think may be S American an looks a bit like marbled effect can without the nodes - these have a flat mostly blocked mouth end an...

Hi, I've searched this forum several times but never quite found the article I'd like - but excuse if I've missed it! Be glad of any pointers. Been playing for years but prob a middling ability. I don't get a bad sound but I'd like to get a more natural breathy open sound (Davy Spillane) but without...

I have several cheap wooden whistles that I've bought fomr places like Siesta over the years but never in concert pitch. Some look like bamboo others may be bamboo or another wood but with a mottled surface that I realise is actually a beautiful light coloured pattern. The latter have an atypical fi...

Hi again, someone recently gave me a bag of whistles - great I thought - however most are silver Hohner whistles that buzz. Are they just bad whistles or cna it be fixed? I'm surprised Hohner would make bad instruments. Many thanks

O Wise Ones, My Chieftain and Alba low F whistles have developed a white powdery surface, presumably aluminium oxide. Both my low D Chieftains are fine and older! Can they be cleaned eg. with chrome cleaner or should I sned them back?? Many thanks.