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[John Chiara]

Bagpipes sound best from across the water.

So as long as they stay in Scotland and I remain in Australia, the correct distance is maintained.

 

Cheers,
Tim

Hah! I always tell people that the Pipes were designed to scare enemies in the field from a long distance. In a club I get really scared.

[John Halliburton]

I have used our horn shields around the piper with two Crown PZM-30s stuck to the wall behind him one high one low, sounded good with HPF and some judicious EQ. It was the only quick and dirty way to keep our tympanis from bleeding into the mics.

But how did you control the hemorrhaging of pipes? 

A thought to the OP-if your piper is standing next to the drum kit, perhaps one of the overheads could be used to pick up the drones?

Then again, the best ever mic'd sound from bagpipes I got was when the piper was three miles out in a peat bog, and the pipes sunk into a few feet of the bog...

Best regards,

John

[Bob Leonard]

Man, do we love those pipes.

[Hugh Brock]

It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a piper to raze a village.

Hugh

[Chris Hindle]

Hah! I always tell people that the Pipes were designed to scare enemies in the field from a long distance. In a club I get really scared.

On St-Patties day, a downtown Irish Pub has a big breakfast, then we all go down the road to catch the parade. Pub holds maybe 200, spread out through 1 floor of a 150 year old building. The local Black Watch regiment is good enough to send in 6 Pipers and 2 or 3 Drummers each year. (I get scared when this brigade of rather large fellows comes through the door - in full uniform.... )
Then they play a few tunes.
Talk about L  O  U  D ..

After all, they were invented to be a weapon of war.

[Jamin Lynch]

I usually open the lid of the dumpster and put a 57 just above the opening.

LMAO

[Bob L. Wilson]

But how did you control the hemorrhaging of pipes? 

A thought to the OP-if your piper is standing next to the drum kit, perhaps one of the overheads could be used to pick up the drones?

Then again, the best ever mic'd sound from bagpipes I got was when the piper was three miles out in a peat bog, and the pipes sunk into a few feet of the bog...

Best regards,

John

Shield works both ways and the timps each had an EV ND868 clamped on so the pipes were directly behind them. One doesn't need much gain to get a solid signal as an appropriately malleted timpani has output that will put the biggest kick drum to shame.

[Stu McDoniel]

I know the obvious answer is "why would you want to"   but I need to mic a bagpipe who will be playing one song with a 3 piece rock band for a live radio broadcast.
I know enough about the bagpipes to know that I'm not likely to get all the sound from one mic.  I just wanted to get some advice from anyone who may have done this before to see what works well or what didn't work so well.

Did you guys know that when the enemy heard the bagpipes coming in war it "Put the fear of God in them".   When people post about putting on mics on bagpipes I have to ask...why?

[John Halliburton]

On St-Patties day, a downtown Irish Pub has a big breakfast, then we all go down the road to catch the parade. Pub holds maybe 200, spread out through 1 floor of a 150 year old building. The local Black Watch regiment is good enough to send in 6 Pipers and 2 or 3 Drummers each year. (I get scared when this brigade of rather large fellows comes through the door - in full uniform.... )
Then they play a few tunes.
Talk about L  O  U  D ..

After all, they were invented to be a weapon of war.

First, prepare to be slapped.  It is never "St. Pattie's Day".  It is barely acceptable to spell it "St. Paddy's Day".  The preferred form is "St. Patrick's Day".

That said, I get pipers every year at the pub-the big room holds 80 or so SRO, and at one point in the evening, the Emerald Society Pipe Band marches in, about fifteen pipers and four drummers, and they play for ten minutes.  This is really loud. Oh, and like your situation with The Black Watch, security is never an issue:

http://www.copsinkilts.com/Bagpipes_%26_Drums_of_the_Emerald_Society,_Chicago_Police_Department/Home.html

Also, the pub is named after one of the more honored names in Irish music, Chief O'Neill.  O'Neill spent his free time tracking down Irish music and with the help of his assistant, writing it down and publishing the music in book form.  He became  Chief of the Chicago Police Department for many years in the early 1900's after many years on the force.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_O%27Neill

The loudest conflagration of pipers in my experience was back in '80's when the Chicago Highland Games were held downtown in Grant Park along the lakefront.  In the evening, the awards banquet was held in the Hilton Towers International ballroom, we'd play for the evening, interspersed by the winning bands marching in for a fifteen minute victory encore.
Nothing like a 50 person Grade One pipe band in a ballroom for loud.

My marathon starts Friday...stay safe, and don't drink green beer.

Best regards,

John

[Bob Leonard]

Gee, I wonder if there will be anything going on in South Boston on Saint Patrick's day.