[LAU] Recording Beethoven's "Heroic"

[Lorenzo]

First of all, thanks Giorgio for posting the pics (I guess for an audio 
engineer revealing his recording set-up is really 'Open Source' like for 
a developer revealing his code ;)

> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:53 PM,<fons at kokkinizita.net>  wrote:
>    
>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:52:12AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Not picking on Giorgio but as for the mic setup it's more reminiscent
>>> of how I might record something like jazz ensemble if I wasn't
>>> interested (or wanted to eliminate) room acoustics.
>>>        
Of course it's hard to judge from the pics only, but I do find some 
Beethoven recording sometimes *too* reverberated...
I guess also number of performers (which from the pics seems relatively 
small) can also influence the choice?
Lorenzo.
>> Exactly my impression. The six 'on stage' mics are (in the context
>> of orchestral recording) really 'spot mics'. If the main pair is
>> as Giorgio posted 'far from the stage' (is it the pair visible on
>> one of the pictures, at the back ?) it could be difficult to combine
>> them. And *one* mic for room reverb seems strange as well (unless it's
>> a stereo mic).
>>
>>      
>>> As it is it could
>>> be OK if the recording was for something like a film score where it
>>> would be mixed with other things?
>>>        
>> Yes. For a film/TV score I'd want a dry sound, to be processed to
>> whatever it takes later.
>>      
> So then we agree - it's not necessarily crazy. Maybe we just need a
> bit more info.
>
> One thing I couldn't tell was whether he possibly had other room mics
> not shown in the picture? I didn't try very hard but I only counted 6
> mics on stage. Possibly he had an X-Y pair out in the hall somewhere?
>
> It would be interesting if Giorgio could supply a room layout picture
> showing where the mics were, or maybe just a mix list?
>
> What a beautiful room by the way. Few and far between here in America.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
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