Ambiance mics done easy

[Carey Carlan]

I ended up putting two omni mics on a stereo mount pointing away from each
other and parallel to the stage (90 degrees left of straight ahead, and 90
degrees right of straight ahead about 50 feet out from the stage). The
capsules ended up about 18 inches apart and give me plenty of differential
signal for a rear channel pair.

I would have guessed that I needed more separation at that distance to have
a nice stereo reverb effect. That guess would have been wrong.

[Peter Larsen[_2_]]

Carey Carlan wrote:

> I ended up putting two omni mics on a stereo mount pointing away from
> each other and parallel to the stage (90 degrees left of straight
> ahead, and 90 degrees right of straight ahead about 50 feet out from
> the stage). The capsules ended up about 18 inches apart and give me
> plenty of differential signal for a rear channel pair.

Makes sense, you record the entire room so a wide opening angle is
excellently suitable.

> I would have guessed that I needed more separation at that distance
> to have a nice stereo reverb effect. That guess would have been
> wrong.


Kind regards

Peter Larsen