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i guess i relay all this because in the past, i have never even
considered micing a piano in mono, and virtually always have tracked
solo instruments like flutes in stereo.



This past week we had Pat Metheny on one of our shows with a bass
player. After some noodling around with various stereo setups, Don (the
mixer) decided that the best sound was both instruments mono dead centre
with a little stereo 'verb.

--
"It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!"
- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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