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On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:24:48 GMT,
(Lars Farm) wrote:

I don't speak italian, but I think this is the floorplan. snip


Sure is.

Refering to this plan, I also asked in an earlier
reply to the OP: Where is the organ? snip


After studying the photos from his link, it became obvious to me that
the organ is situated along a wall of the narthex...NOT good, if one
was planning to record from the nave proper. However, if you look at
the floor plan (the organ, I think, is that rectangle on the left side
of the narthex), you see the possibility of doing a stereo pair on the
right arm of the transcept, which should be acoustically interesting
and would probably have less reverb. Note also, if the floor plan is
to scale, that the whole structure is haphazardly constructed and the
walls aren't exactly parallel!! The narative of that site speaks to
this: “Studiando la pianta s’impone tosto una caratteristica
particola la dissimmetria delle masse murarie....", which if my
three years of Latin in school serve me correctly, points to the
dissimilar nature of the ediface's walls, which was evidently
documented in 1954. They must've built buildings back then like they
build Fiats now!

Anyway, if you draw a line of sight from the organ loft and façade
over to the right arm of the transcept, I think you'd find the best
possible microphone placement for a widely spaced pair, which would
avoid the pratfalls inherent in close-miking any pipe organ while
maintaining clarity, yet getting enough building acoustic to give a
good picture of the organ in situ.

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:57:42 -0500, Len Moskowitz wrote
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Ty Ford wrote:

I repeat, you have a SYSTEM that records 16Hz?


I do: a matched pair of DPA 4003 mics, our Mic2496 and PDAudio handheld
digital audio recorder.


I was asking the person who posted the question in the first place.

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:00:14 -0500, Lars Farm wrote
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Ty Ford wrote:

I repeat, you have a SYSTEM that records 16Hz?


I'm very puzzled by your repeated question.

I take your question as an indication that frequencies down there
usually can't be recorded. Pedal C, C# and D at least ought to be below
20Hz and is clearly part of the music. Music, not ambience or timbre or
environment.... A (the lowest key on a piano) is 27,5 Hz and is within
that same octave. I'm surprised that this is considered unrecordable.
Very surprised. This really is part of the music and it is definitely
perceptible live. Not just barely, but effortlessly and clearly.

Then ... If our recording systems are so weak in this end of the
spectrum that they can't even handle the fundamentals of an instrument
why are we so concerned about what happens above 15 kHz? or above 20
kHz. No fundamentals there. Most humans can't even detect anything up
there at all. Recorded or not. Surely the by man clearly perceptible
should be much more important than that most man can't possibly detect?

Still, the original question was just that. How does one record an
organ? Is your answer - can't be done?

Lars


I'm sure it can, but not every component in every recording system can do it.


Further, I'm guessing now, less than 10% of the repro systems could play it
back.

Further, further, if you could record frequencies that low, you'd probably
also get a ton of LF crap that travelled miles to get to the mics.

Go in, make a nice recording and don't sweat the 27.5 Hz. You'll probably
have to start rolling off at 80Hz anyway. Take a pair of Sony MDR 7506.
They'll let you know what's going on down to 60Hz very well anyway.

Regards,

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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:58:13 -0500, Ty Ford
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I take your question as an indication that frequencies down there
usually can't be recorded. Pedal C, C# and D at least ought to be below
20Hz and is clearly part of the music. Music, not ambience or timbre or
environment.... A (the lowest key on a piano) is 27,5 Hz and is within
that same octave. I'm surprised that this is considered unrecordable.
Very surprised. This really is part of the music and it is definitely
perceptible live. Not just barely, but effortlessly and clearly. snip


If you're going for an aurally accurate depiction of a large pipe
organ playing any fortissimi, you must be able to get that low CCC (16
Hz), or forget it.

Still, the original question was just that. How does one record an
organ? Is your answer - can't be done? snip


Many did back in the '50s, some with good results, some with not so
good.

Go in, make a nice recording and don't sweat the 27.5 Hz. You'll probably
have to start rolling off at 80Hz anyway. Take a pair of Sony MDR 7506.
They'll let you know what's going on down to 60Hz very well anyway. snip


If you cannot record the 16' and 32' ranks of a pipe organ at all, why
go? Those two pitch registers and the acoustic power they represent
are 90% of the majesty of the instrument.

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Ty Ford wrote:

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:00:14 -0500, Lars Farm wrote
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Ty Ford wrote:

I repeat, you have a SYSTEM that records 16Hz?


The last organ I recorded had only 16'. So the pedal C was around 30Hz.
I was actually recording a choir with a bit of organ at places and one
solo organ piece. So, focus was on the choir, not on the organ. The solo
organ thing was Franck Chorale III. The low pedal C is hit several times
(and several pedal notes nearby too;-). The C recorded just fine and it
also comes out just fine. My system has no problems. It's a fairly
simple system compared to the truly good ones. B&W CM4 speakers,
ordinary hifi amp, no sub-woofer. 30 Hz is no problem. My headphones -
Sennheiser HD650 and HD240 - also both give me that bottom (albeit less
majestic than the speakers...). Mics were Pearl DC96 from yesteryear
(bought 1980) cardioid aimed at the choir and from the organ that was in
the other end of the church... (Franck's Chorale III is a romantic piece
and surprisingly it could take the distant mics pretty well)

I'm (still) looking for a good set of omnis partly for organ (unable to
decide km183? C482? or double price Schoeps/DPA/mkh120). There are other
and larger organs in my neighborhood.

Further, further, if you could record frequencies that low, you'd probably
also get a ton of LF crap that travelled miles to get to the mics.


Seems to me that this is true of the other end of the spectrum as well.
Why bother with (non music) things two/three/four octaves above top
pitch of an instrument when you happily ignore the bottom octaves (note
plural) of the MUSICs content?

Go in, make a nice recording and don't sweat the 27.5 Hz. You'll probably
have to start rolling off at 80Hz anyway.


I think you're trying to take me for a ride.... :-(

Now, isn't it weird that your (and perhaps others) expectations are so
low in one end of the spectrum and so high in the other. Top key on a
piano is around 4kHz. We demand more than two octaves headroom above
that in our recordings (16-20kHz). With 96kHz sample rate we demand
three octaves headroom. With 192 kHz we'd get four octaves above topmost
key on a piano...

On the other end of the spectrum you expect no head (or foot-) room at
all (what about difference tones giving content below bottom
fundamental? you ignore them?). You don't even expect the last octave to
record. You'll even happily strip off two octaves from the bottom. More
even. I want the bottom C at 16 Hz. Next octave C is 32 Hz. Next octave
C is 64 Hz and this octaves E is 82 Hz. You suggest rolling off at 80Hz.

We're not talking subtle adjustments here. We're stripping more than TWO
octaves from the instrument proper. That's NOT good enough!

You're not really serious are you? It's some kind of joke that I'm
missing. English is after all a foreign language...;-)

sincerely
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 04:16:35 -0500, Lars Farm wrote
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Further, further, if you could record frequencies that low, you'd probably
also get a ton of LF crap that travelled miles to get to the mics.


Seems to me that this is true of the other end of the spectrum as well.
Why bother with (non music) things two/three/four octaves above top
pitch of an instrument when you happily ignore the bottom octaves (note
plural) of the MUSICs content?


Lars,

HF doesn't travel that way or that far.

Go in, make a nice recording and don't sweat the 27.5 Hz. You'll probably
have to start rolling off at 80Hz anyway.


I think you're trying to take me for a ride.... :-(

Now, isn't it weird that your (and perhaps others) expectations are so
low in one end of the spectrum and so high in the other. Top key on a
piano is around 4kHz. We demand more than two octaves headroom above
that in our recordings (16-20kHz). With 96kHz sample rate we demand
three octaves headroom. With 192 kHz we'd get four octaves above topmost
key on a piano...


I doubt you really know anything about my spectral expectations. I'm trying
to be practical here and it appears you are bent on being more theoretical.

On the other end of the spectrum you expect no head (or foot-) room at
all (what about difference tones giving content below bottom
fundamental? you ignore them?). You don't even expect the last octave to
record. You'll even happily strip off two octaves from the bottom. More
even. I want the bottom C at 16 Hz. Next octave C is 32 Hz. Next octave
C is 64 Hz and this octaves E is 82 Hz. You suggest rolling off at 80Hz.


Again, I'm being practical. You're not recording this organ in an area
completely devoid of other noises. If it is, go for it. I've just never
recorded in a church that's so far away from humanity that it doesn't have
noticeable LF ghosts. Those LF sounds from other sources will likely be quite
audible during quieter passages. You want 'em fine by me.

The other point is that there are very few reproduction systems capable of
passing those frequencies.

We're not talking subtle adjustments here. We're stripping more than TWO
octaves from the instrument proper. That's NOT good enough!


If no one can hear those frequencies on their playback systems, it doesn't
matter to them.

You're not really serious are you? It's some kind of joke that I'm
missing. English is after all a foreign language...;-)


I'm not joking at all.

Regards,

Ty Ford



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We're not talking subtle adjustments here. We're stripping more than TWO
octaves from the instrument proper. That's NOT good enough! BRBR

While I'm not sure what Ty's organ recording philosophy is, I do hope you
realize that a roll off starting at 80Hz does not remove 2 octaves of spectrum.
An 80Hz roll off will be down 3db at 80Hz &, depending on the filter
characteristics, more likely down 9db at 40 & down 12db at 20. Not removed,
just lessened, & quite possibly just what's needed to overcome the LF buildup
caused by the acoustics of a highly reverberent large space, while being more
likely to actually play back reasonably on a mid quality home speaker.

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ScotFraser wrote:

We're not talking subtle adjustments here. We're stripping more than
TWO octaves from the instrument proper. That's NOT good enough!


While I'm not sure what Ty's organ recording philosophy is, I do hope you
realize that a roll off starting at 80Hz does not remove 2 octaves of
spectrum. An 80Hz roll off will be down 3db at 80Hz &, depending on the
filter characteristics, more likely down 9db at 40 & down 12db at 20. Not
removed, just lessened, & quite possibly just what's needed to overcome
the LF buildup caused by the acoustics of a highly reverberent large
space, while being more likely to actually play back reasonably on a mid
quality home speaker.


Fair enough. Trying to improve S/N is a worthy cause, as long as it
doesn't mean dropping the signal... An organ without the two bottom
octaves is a mutilated instrument.

Not all organs are placed in major cities in noisy environments with
tubes running perpetually through the ground. Some places have sparse
train schedules. Quite a few are in quieter environments, like smaller
towns or even rural areas. They may not be the most spectaular organs.
Some might even lack the desired 32' ranks. Most have the 16' in some
incarnation. Some are quite respectable and well worthy of recording.
Some of our organists are very good and well worthy of recording.

sincerely
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Ty Ford wrote:

HF doesn't travel that way or that far.


OK.

Go in, make a nice recording and don't sweat the 27.5 Hz. You'll probably
have to start rolling off at 80Hz anyway.


I'm trying
to be practical here and it appears you are bent on being more theoretical.


I like theory and practice to go hand in hand. That's what physics and
engineering is all about. If theory and practice disagree then either
theory or practice is wrong.

Again, I'm being practical. You're not recording this organ in an area
completely devoid of other noises. If it is, go for it. I've just never
recorded in a church that's so far away from humanity that it doesn't have
noticeable LF ghosts. Those LF sounds from other sources will likely be quite
audible during quieter passages. You want 'em fine by me.


Should we avoid live organ concerts to? If we pick up more LF than is
actually there then our techniques or equipment needs to improve! This
is the topic of this thread. How does one record an organ properly? Cut
away more than two octaves of the instrument proper as not good enough.

We would never accept that we rolled off the two topmost octaves of a
piano - from 1 kHz - and everything above it, but you happily suggests
that from the other end of the instrument...

Traffic is a problem, more so in some churches than others, but I dare
say it is a problem well over 100Hz too...

As for HVAC. We don't have [AC] in our churches (or homes or houses).
For climate reasons... The few hot days that would benefit from cooling
are nicely handled by the massive cool stone volumes of our churches
anyway. Forced [V]entilation in churches isn't particularly common
either and can be turned off if present. This is also for climate
reasons and the shape of the very large rooms. If outside is much cooler
than the inside and the house is high then there is always sufficient
self-ventilation. [H]eating is usually central heating via water
radiators and they are not dead silent, but rarely a big problem.
Heating could be by electrical radiator (silent). Never by fan-driven
contraptions. So, with a bit of foresight HVAC can be controlled. Still,
I agree that there is a higher noise floor at low freq than at high.

The other point is that there are very few reproduction systems capable of
passing those frequencies.


It is obvious that a hefty organ can not be reproduced faithfully on a
low-fi equipment. Not all recordings are for the mass market. Not all
recordings are intended for the beach or the car or as background noise
at the office or in shops. Does that mean we should never record organ?

sincerely
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:29:40 -0500, Lars Farm wrote
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Ty Ford wrote:

HF doesn't travel that way or that far.


OK.

Go in, make a nice recording and don't sweat the 27.5 Hz. You'll probably
have to start rolling off at 80Hz anyway.


I'm trying
to be practical here and it appears you are bent on being more theoretical.


I like theory and practice to go hand in hand. That's what physics and
engineering is all about. If theory and practice disagree then either
theory or practice is wrong.


Ah, OK then we really have nothing left to discuss. You see black and white.
I see many shades of gray, including black and white. You will never
understand my points of view. Please don't even try. Just go about your way
and say we never met (please).

Smiles,

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On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 23:15:19 -0500, Ty Ford
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Ah, OK then we really have nothing left to discuss. You see black and white.
I see many shades of gray, including black and white. You will never
understand my points of view. Please don't even try. snip


Why should he? You obviously don't have a clue as to how to properly
record a pipe organ in a large building!

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Ty Ford wrote:

Just go about your way


Perhaps you missed the beginning of the thread?

The OP asked for advise on how to record an organ in a cathedral. I
ANALYSED THE PROBLEM:
(1) I found a floor plan for that particular cathedral
(2) I described that part of the problem was very low frequencies
emitted by the instrument. I said:
I thought 32' took you to a very low C at 16Hz?


You then invalidated my analysis of the problem by challenging the
solution the OP (and I) was asking for help on...:
You have a system that records 16 Hz?


I ask for help. You invalidate some sought for solution. Weird!

If you are willing to help us and share your experiences of recording a
full size pipe organ (with all its pipes). I'm all ears.

sincerely
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DeserTBoB wrote:

and would probably have less reverb. Note also, if the
floor plan is to scale, that the whole structure is haphazardly
constructed and the walls aren't exactly parallel!!


Either by design or by vino, but from a recordists viewpoint it is a
nice feature. As for the organ being side placed rather than end placed,
yes it is probable, but the entrance end of the church is wide enough
for an organ to be there and have windows either side as I recall the
plan, so I decided not to assume but rather ask the questionee. It is
sad that said questionee does not bother to supplement.

dB



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Hi,

I have recorded a number of large pipe organs, including the one in the
Sydney Opera House.

I have found that either a spaced cardiod pair, or a M/S pair (one
cardios, one figure of 8) give good results. The M/S pair allows some
manipulation of the stereo width. In the Opera House I used the mic
winches to place the mocs level with the middle of the organ. (The
Opera House Organ is in a case which (IMHO) reduces the amound of sound
that enters the audiorium, placing the mics closer to the organ gives a
very good sound).

In other circulstances I generally use a 3-4 metre high mic stand, and
adjust the postition to produce the best sound.

I have only a limited range of mics available but the AKG 414's have
consistently given excellent results.

Peter.

Comments:

Organ stop lengths 32', 16' etc. are a nominal figure and relate to the
pitch of the lowest pipe. A stopped pipe sounds an octave lower than an
open pipe of the same physical length. So a 16' stopped pipe would
nomally be only 8 ft in physical length. With reed stops it also common
to use 1/2 or 1/4 length resonators. So the 64' stop on the Sydney Town
Hall Organ, is actually only 16' long. With the lowest pipes the main
effect for the listeners is a low rumble and the harmonics of the pipe.




Diego wrote:
I'm going to record a big church organ.
Here's a picture of the instrument:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?R24D3552A

Since it won't be very easy to move or change microphones due to the

height
of the instrument, I'd like some advices about the best recording

tecnique
to use.

These are the microphones I have:

2 Schoeps MK2S
2 Schoeps MK21
2 Neumann KM 184
2 AKG 414 B-ULS

I'm also going to build a Jecklin disk for some experiments, and I'm
wondering if could be a good idea to use it for this recording.
Note that:
- the church is large and very reverberant but I don't worry about

reverb,
- I'd like to preserve (perhaps also highten) the stereophonic play

of the
pipes
- the biggest pipe is a 32 foot pipe that reaches the frequency of 88

Hz.

Thanks for the help and sorry for my english!

Diego


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I ask for help. You invalidate some sought for solution. Weird!

If you are willing to help us and share your experiences of recording a
full size pipe organ (with all its pipes). I'm all ears.

sincerely
Lars


I already did. You were too busy taking what I said WAY too personally and
then deciding that 16Hz was a necessity. Unless I misread the original post,
this is not a science experiment, it's an audio recording in a big, nasty
space. Find the right spot to place the right mics and hit record.

If you're doing this for a client, where you'll actually get paid, the only
things you need to ask are, how direct do you want the sound and how much of
the noisy contraption you call a pipe organ do you really want to hear (Some
people are more fascinated by the sound of all the relays, pumps and other
moving parts than they are by the music. Nutty, but true.) and what''s the
frequency response of your sound system?

You'll NEVER capture the exact sound of the beast anyway. To get even close,
you'd need, among other things, a pretty massive surround record system. And,
theoretically, even if you could capture the beast, few systems existing in
the known universe could play it back. It's reality. I didn't make the rules,
science did. Stop trying to flog the messenger and go make the damn recording
given your limitations.

Me. I'd try Blumlein in the primary field. Or that 4-channnel Schoeps DSP-4p
contraption I reviewed a year or so ago. The review is in my archives.

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Some very life like recordings of theatre organs have been made with 3
channels. mic the left and right lofts seperately and then a center mic
about 1/4 way farther back between the side mics for ambiance fill.
Ive used RCA 77DX ribbon mics on theatre organs with warmth and hi end
definition that sounds great.
just a 50+ year broadcast engineer of doing remotes and on location
recording.

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"don ward" wrote in message
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Some very life like recordings of theatre organs have been made with 3
channels. mic the left and right lofts seperately and then a center mic
about 1/4 way farther back between the side mics for ambiance fill.
Ive used RCA 77DX ribbon mics on theatre organs with warmth and hi end
definition that sounds great.
just a 50+ year broadcast engineer of doing remotes and on location
recording.

But, what could you know? ;-) You need to make it much more complicated to
appeal to some in this crowd. 77DX indeed! Why that mic has all the
undesirable characteristics of both dynamic and ribbon mics: Low level, not
enough top end, big, heavy. Send them all to me immediately for recycling
into lamps for the studio lobby. Heh, heh.

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Ty Ford wrote:

deciding that 16Hz was a necessity.


Without recording, can we agree that the instrument itself is designed
to reach down to a low C and that music is written to make use of this?
Be it a 32' on a big organ or a 16' on a somewhat smaller organ.

[...] the noisy contraption you call a pipe organ [...]


Ah..., this could be the source of our dispute:-) To me it is the King
of all instruments...;-)

[...] and what''s the frequency response of your sound system?


Perhaps I'm less concerned by this than you. Recording is one thing.
Playback another. There might be better playback systems tomorrow...

I don't mind if it doesn't play well on a cheap playback system. After
all, we are talking about a King. The King of instruments. It is natural
that the requirements of a King are high...;-)

You'll NEVER capture the exact sound of the beast anyway.


Agreed. If I had, I wouldn't ask. I'd tell you how to do it;-)

Thanks for your reply!
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"Lars Farm" wrote in message
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Ty Ford wrote:

deciding that 16Hz was a necessity.


Without recording, can we agree that the instrument itself is designed
to reach down to a low C and that music is written to make use of this?
Be it a 32' on a big organ or a 16' on a somewhat smaller organ.

[...] the noisy contraption you call a pipe organ [...]


Ah..., this could be the source of our dispute:-) To me it is the King
of all instruments...;-)

[...] and what''s the frequency response of your sound system?


Perhaps I'm less concerned by this than you. Recording is one thing.
Playback another. There might be better playback systems tomorrow...

I don't mind if it doesn't play well on a cheap playback system. After
all, we are talking about a King. The King of instruments. It is natural
that the requirements of a King are high...;-)

You'll NEVER capture the exact sound of the beast anyway.


Agreed. If I had, I wouldn't ask. I'd tell you how to do it;-)

Thanks for your reply!
Lars


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{the noisy contraption you call a pipe organ}

When I'm in a church beit large or small that has a pipe organ, I expect to
hear the natural sound of the instrument that sometimes includes wind leaks,
blower noise, swell shades opening closing noise, console pneumatics
thumping with register changes and on some smaller organs chest magnets
clicking. This is the natural sound of a particular instrument. The same
holds true for a theater pipe organ. I have recorded Wurlitzer and other
pipe organs in empty theaters late at night with no outside traffic noise
and I could plainly hear wind leaks, swell shade squeaks, trems chugging,
and console stop pneumatics thumping every time the combination action was
operated. I expected to hear this and so does most theater organ
aficionados. This in my view in no way detracts from the music being played.

George


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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:27:13 -0500, Lars Farm wrote
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Ty Ford wrote:

deciding that 16Hz was a necessity.


Without recording, can we agree that the instrument itself is designed
to reach down to a low C and that music is written to make use of this?
Be it a 32' on a big organ or a 16' on a somewhat smaller organ.


Why not.


[...] the noisy contraption you call a pipe organ [...]


Ah..., this could be the source of our dispute:-) To me it is the King
of all instruments...;-)


My bad. In my world, I don't worship any instruments.


[...] and what''s the frequency response of your sound system?


Perhaps I'm less concerned by this than you. Recording is one thing.
Playback another. There might be better playback systems tomorrow...

I don't mind if it doesn't play well on a cheap playback system. After
all, we are talking about a King. The King of instruments. It is natural
that the requirements of a King are high...;-)


Ah, well, then there are the King's (emperor's) new clothes.

You'll NEVER capture the exact sound of the beast anyway.


Agreed. If I had, I wouldn't ask. I'd tell you how to do it;-)

Thanks for your reply!
Lars


Thanks for your lively discourse. Please do try the schoeps system or the
Blumlein and let us know how that pleases the king.

Regards,

Ty Ford





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try the 414's in omni as spaced pairs.



Not the best use of 414's and probably the last microphones and placement that
I would try on a pipe organ.

He already has much better omnis than 414's. They work ok in figure 8, but omni
isn't a forte of the 414.

Ever since getting my Neumann's and Schoeps, the use of the 414's that I own
has diminished greatly.
Richard H. Kuschel
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try the 414's in omni as spaced pairs.



Not the best use of 414's and probably the last microphones and placement
that
I would try on a pipe organ.

He already has much better omnis than 414's. They work ok in figure 8, but
omni
isn't a forte of the 414.

Ever since getting my Neumann's and Schoeps, the use of the 414's that I
own
has diminished greatly.


Some of the very best I've heard used 3 Sennheiser MKH20's in a spaced
array.

Norm Strong


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"Richard Kuschel" wrote in message
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try the 414's in omni as spaced pairs.



Not the best use of 414's and probably the last microphones and placement
that
I would try on a pipe organ.

He already has much better omnis than 414's. They work ok in figure 8, but
omni
isn't a forte of the 414.

Ever since getting my Neumann's and Schoeps, the use of the 414's that I
own
has diminished greatly.


Some of the very best I've heard used 3 Sennheiser MKH20's in a spaced
array.

Norm Strong


Next week I'm to engineer a session at the local Town Hall organ. I'll be
using 3 Schoeps omnis spaced about 2 metres apart. Previous projects on
the same organ have ranged from 2 414s on bi, two AKG C480b omnis and the
last one was two Schoeps omnis.

Will be using 3 this time as I did the Town hall organ in the next door
city with 3 omnis and got excellent results.

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Mike Clayton
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