[Arny Krueger]

"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message

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It's gorgeous.

The room is pretty nice, maybe somewhat dead and cold.

The peak levels are probably too low. Peak levels are about 10 dB below FS.

I'm under the impression that while small groups sometimes play in large
venues, that the group and the music were designed to be played in smaller
room to smaller audiences. Thus the audience hears a sound that tickles the
extent of the room, and is not lost in it.

With these recordings I get a sense of imposed delicacy because of the low
recorded level.

The dry version, in particular, reminds me
of some of the luscious Erich Korngold scores. The dry
sounds as good as dry can get.

I would call the dry version dryer, and the wet version wetter, but they
aren't all that much different.

I understand your desire
for some reverb, but the reverb does not add to the
remarkability of the dry score.

Well, the dry version isn't all that dry.

I'm sure some tweaking
will get you there. The kinesthetic image I get is this:
"dry" is in a small, warm, comfy space, while "wet" is in
a dark, ominous space.

While not cold, the recordings are not warm, for better or worse.

Can you give us any notes about mike placement?

It seems to be minimally-miced with coincident mics. Like an acoustic mix,
not a board mix.

The ensemble seems perfectly balanced.

I'd like a fair bit more piano. In particular it seems to be distant while
the other instruments particularly the clarinet seems to be a lot closer.
The cello lacks air and reverb, it sounds like it is in a smaller, but not
way too small fairly dead room.