On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:06:02AM +0200, J?rn Nettingsmeier wrote: > On 06/16/2010 09:53 PM, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:52:12AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> Not picking on Giorgio but as for the mic setup it's more reminiscent >>> of how I might record something like jazz ensemble if I wasn't >>> interested (or wanted to eliminate) room acoustics. >> >> Exactly my impression. The six 'on stage' mics are (in the context >> of orchestral recording) really 'spot mics'. If the main pair is >> as Giorgio posted 'far from the stage' (is it the pair visible on >> one of the pictures, at the back ?) it could be difficult to combine >> them. And *one* mic for room reverb seems strange as well (unless it's >> a stereo mic). > > the main pair (if it really is) sure looks unconventional. but i've seen > (or rather, heard) at least two venues where curved surfaces would > create a very sweet spot quite far away from the stage, and any closer > main microphone position would sound less defined. > > i'd also be interested in hearing an excerpt. thanks for posting this! > Didn't Mr. Zappa record the London Symphony Orchestra using clip-on electret mics on the horns and peizo plates behind the timpani? He then put the mix through a digital reverb. The players, as he tells it, were rather skeptical of this setup and played like crap, but the resulting albums sound great, at least to me. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
