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Mixing is NOT bad . . .

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To sonically recreate the sound of an orchestra realistically through two or more speakers which are standing in free space (i.e. your listening room several feet apart, and several feet from you) cannot be achieved by simply having two mics at the event. If, however, the recording was produced with only headphones as the intended delivery target, then, yes, two ear-shaped microphones, six inches apart, 5.5 feet above the ground positioned near the orchestra in the auditorium may quite realistically recreate the event.

HOWEVER, if you were then to play back that same recording through two large speakers positioned several maters apart in your room, the result would sound hollow distant, but most importantly, unrealistic!

So, given the fact that we all are using loudspeakers standing in free space here, then you HAVE to recreate the event another way. That way involves capturing (fairly close-up) the sound of discrete sections of the band/orchestra etc. whilst also capturing the hall ambience using different mics which are not located close to the performers. Judicious mixing is then the essential link to reconstructing the original sound stage for playback through a conventional loudspeaker arrangement (i.e. not through headphones).

B.T.W. Dr. AIX has stated that he does not use "EQ" in his recordings.

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