I have been making live concert recordings for some local classical
chamber ensembles (everything from baroque to really avant-garde) for
the last few years, but lately I have started doing some recording and
editing for solo albums of some artists. Since I am recording
classical, I am trying to recreate the sound of a concert...an ideal
concert.

I have used the standard setups: AB, XY, NOS ORTF ... most of what you
can conveniently do with a couple of cardioids. But I was interested
in what other people had done to use omnis (other than AB). I've
read a little about the Blumlein Difference Technique which seems very
similar to using Jecklin Disk. How are these different? I have heard
that you need a Blumlein shuffler to generate a better stereo image at
lower frequencies. Is this true? Any know of a shuffler other than
the one Waves has in there S1 package? These techniques are
interesting to me because they give stereo output from a pair of
near-coincident omnis. I don't have any figure-8 mics, so I can't
do MS or a Blumlein Pair.

I have a gig coming up with a baroque flute player (solo) and he wants
to record in a fairly small, dry room that has the two advantages of
being in a quiet neighborhood and being free. The thought is to record
there and then add in some convolution reverb to give the recording
some space.

Any suggestions on miking techniques? Thanks for the help.