Can you use an AKG Lyra USB microphone to record trumpet?

The AKG Lyra is a USB condenser microphone that plugs straight into a computer. It can also be used on most modern mobile phones using an adapter.
USB condenser microphones can't normally handle the volume of a brass instrument, but the AKG Lyra has a maximum sound pressure level of 129 dB (at 0.5% Total Harmonic Distortion).
I tested it out to see how to optimally use it for trumpet recording.

[@GordonHudson]

I should have said that these retail for £130-£150 in the UK. I got mine for £72 in a sale, and as I had just sold my previous condenser microphone for £30 after 15 years of use it was not a risky investment.

[@pedanticeschew7898]

thanks for this detailed description for daily use !

[@NeoManoscaMusic]

Thanks for the vid :)

[@JarrielCarter]

What stand are you using to hold the mic?

[@GordonHudson]

It's a cheap eBay articulated stand.

[@CornetBlues]

Have you any good recommendations for an iPad microphone?.
My recordings are very very limited
I would love to add a little reverb to my stuff but don’t have the gear!.

[@GordonHudson]

You can get a USB adapter fro Ipad and use any USB microphone. If you want to add reverb, download audacity, import the video into audacity, add reverb. You will then end up with a separate audio and video file you can join back together using a video editing program. Its simpler than it sounds. SOme video editors have sound controls like reverb built in.

[@CornetBlues]

@@GordonHudson thanks for that
Looking for a USB adapter first👍
Absolutely not technically minded 🤪🤪
Think I’ll use my pea brain and go to my local computer supplies 😂😂😂👍🎶🎺🎶

[@GordonHudson]

@@CornetBlues Hopefully you can find a microphone that can handle the high sound pressure levels. I used to use a tie clip microphone and put it quite a distance from the bell (behind the music stand).