"Peter Larsen" wrote in message
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Gary Eickmeier wrote:
https://www.hightail.com/dl?phi_acti... 7a05d925f2bf
Worked fine.
I think you need to listen more for the front to back musical balance in
the ensemble. On floor standing KEF Q50's the rear of the ensemble is too
weak and the bass-drum is "puny", in this small room it should be
overwhelming. Perhaps you need to elevate your mics somewhat more. Doing
that also adds more room.
Spatiality is poor and confused, just as it was when I made quite similar
experiments in 1982. The special case of moving all capsules to an
emulated point is a valid stereo zoom microphone. However what it is about
is to get something "less cardioid" and it sounds plain better to use high
quality subcardioids as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYukGHPRX5Y
I submit that Brucks sputnik can do more for you, also with only one rear
facing mic, but note: you have to get your mix in post right, it is
required to record on as many tracks as you use mics, you can not make
such a mix as a live location mix to 2-track.
Yes thanks Peter. Agree. This was a smaller room, and I didn't have any high
stands, not knowing the room before I came out anyway. So I am both too
close to the front of the group and too low to even it all out. That will
not happen at the real concert in a proper hall.
Also agree on the ad hoc mix that is necessary if you are going to 2 track.
That is why I want to record multitrack, so I can fix some perspective in
post. In this example I am leaving all three gains set equal, so there may
be too much center fill. I am working on that now with some recordings from
the R16 multitrack and of course the new H6 Zoom - about which I wish to
start another thread for a full report. It is worthy of it.
Gary