The multi-microphonist engineers have gotten better at their craft over the decades IMHO

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on August 5, 2023 at 10:40:15

In Reply to: RE: Yes and No posted by John Elison on August 5, 2023 at 08:05:51:

Hey, DG, I'm talking to you and your Tonmeisters!

BTW, you don't have to go back into ancient history to find examples of minimally microphoned recordings. There are still engineers around these days who "keep the faith" by using minimalist microphoning techniques - such as John Gladney Proffit, who has recorded some of the Remy Ballot Bruckner recordings for the Gramola label and some (or all?) of the Texas Music Festival recordings for HDTT (High Definition Tape Transfers). Basically, he uses one microphone per channel. (So with surround recordings, that means five microphones.) So he gets the best of both worlds: sparkly clean AND spatially coherent! (BTW, John has posted here on AA on occasion.)

John's latest:

Unfortunately, the hall where this orchestra plays in Houston is incredibly dry - perhaps worse than Northrup Auditorium where the old Mercury Dorati/Minneapolis recordings were made. It's always somethin'! ;-)

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The multi-microphonist engineers have gotten better at their craft over the decades IMHO - Chris from Lafayette 10:40:15 08/05/23 (0)

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