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RE: Well...

Posted by beppe61 (A) on May 1, 2016 at 00:50:02

In Reply to: RE: Well... posted by vinyl survivor on May 1, 2016 at 00:21:31:

" Hi bg, Glad my post was of help "

Hi ! very much indeed. It confirmed my idea. I am about to buy something to try some recordings but first i would like to get some basics.
I have a great interest for recording live performance of small groups.
When there is a mixer there is not much to do. Plug and record.
But when mics are involved the things get both tricky and interesting.

" For recording performances with an audience, cardiods are great for rejecting audience noises. Spaced cardiods can give an excellent sense of space. Yes, one must be careful or you can get that hole in the middle of the sound stage "

i think that this should be the most recommendable choice then.

" Obviously omni microphones pick up more of the room "

sometimes something more can be too much. Everything started from listening to omnispeakers. I was listening to an unbelievable high quality pair of MBL speakers ominidirectional.
I have never heard a cleaner sound in my life. The voice of the singer was dramatically real.
But i could not locate the singer in the space at all. The sound was coming from all around in a way that was confusing.
Because the people demoing the system were kind i ask them to play a track that i knew has a great depth in soundstage.
Again i could not locate the instruments in the space.
Instead with other monitors the transparency of the MBL system was just not approachable but bam ... the soundstage was there, deep and wide.
For me soundstage is everything.

I will buy something with cardioids for sure.
Thanks a lot again.
Kind regards,
bg

Edits: 05/01/16

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