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recording a 9 guitar ensemble !
"Ray Thomas" wrote in message
... A project in a few weeks sees a 9 guitar group Must be southern rock. Either that or Blue Oyster Cult got back together. -- Neil Henderson Saqqara Records http://www.saqqararecords.com |
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"Ray Thomas" wrote in message ... A project in a few weeks sees a 9 guitar group (classical/acoustic gtrs all) in a quiet hall with a great acoustic, arrayed in a slight "bow" shape/semi-circle for eye contact. My intuition is to have a 7" spaced cardioid or omni pair as main pickup, with perhaps 4 SD condensors (Rode NT5's, or similar) arrayed across the players at 3-4 feet distance panned L-R as spot mics. Live to 2 track via laptop with Dat backup.Recording at 24 bit 44.1 or 88.2 should see no need for compression going in, perhaps some reverb added to spot mics on the way in to match the hall acoustic (or not...advice ?) How does this sound as a starting point ? Your thoughts and guidance will be greatly appreciated, I'd skip the spot microphones unless you're recording multitrack; there'll be comb-filtering effects from the difference in distance between the mains and the spots, and if you're not obeying the "rule of threes" you'll get more comb-filtering between the spot mikes. I'd go with an ORTF pair of good small-diaphragm condensers -- Schoepsim if you can get them, Neumann KM-84s if you can't. That should be plenty. Might need to put a couple of rugs on the floor between the mikes and the players. Peace, Paul |
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