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The Keswick Hall choir, conducted by John Aplin, performing a piece by Paul Johnson. This is probably the most challenging recording I've been asked to make - so many moods and dynamics throughout the piece, from whisper quiet to 50 people singing at the top of their lungs.
No artificial reverb was used, and most of the sound is coming from three spaced mics, battery powered to ensure low noise, with a little help from a spot mic on the soloists. A very true reproduction of the sound in the room - less is more! Thanks again to Gwyn Mathias for loan of mics and expertise, and my Dad Paul for producing and overseeing the session.
- Thomas Bryan
Thomas Bryan at 0.01 on July 29, 2011 15:24
@el-bee: Hi, we mainly used nakamichi pencil condensers in a wide spaced omni arrangement, which is what you're mostly hearing. This allowed us to get mics in front of the whole width of the choir, who were standing about 4 deep and 12 wide, without using loads of spot mics, which could lead to a phasey, undefined sound. We also had an ORTF in the centre with two sennhieser condensers, as a backup and alternative. The ORTF had a slightly warmer sound with more ambience, but less stereo detail, so I used that to round out the tone a bit on the mix, making the choir sound a bit more sonically together. Thanks for your interest, always glad to ramble on about this stuff! Tom
- el-bee
el-bee at 0.01 on July 23, 2011 05:19
@Thomas Bryan: Just out of curiosity, what kind of mics did you use? Which setup(s) did you for the mics?
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