Paul wrote:
On 3/5/2014 1:42 AM, Peter Larsen wrote:
The olde style double miking has advantages, especially that you can
use the pa microphone to guarantee you sensible mic distance either
by taping the mics wisely together or when mounting on a stereo bar.
That would be good if you wanted to avoid bad PA
pre-amps. What do you think about this cheap Rolls unit:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolls-MS20c-...em1c345a 8070
Good enough?
I don't know it. I bought Thomann's cheapest a couple of years ago. It
stopped humming when I discarded the incredible small unscreened transformer
inside it and made it a passive Y-split in a box. I couldn't build a neat
box cheaper and bought another that it hasn't yet been relevant to modify
because I haven't had any use for it. I'd probably go for a pair of
Behringer passive DI's if I really needed them.
Double mikings advantages are avoiding the cheap pa mic and staying totally
unconnected to "all the stuff" on stage. Its disadvantage is that it looks
and is messy.
Mostly my recordings are of unammplified events. A line from the pa output
helped well at a "jazz type" event, a tango orchestra, combining it with a
pair of overhead 4006's resulted in a surprisingly good recording. What made
the recording was the diplomatic effort that resulted in pushing the pa
loudspeakers back to physical alignment with the backline, it also cleaned
the room sound up. Timing is important!
Kind regards
Peter Larsen