Guest Anonymous Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 I've been researching and trying out a couple of different stereo microphone techniques. My requirements are a little strange, as I'm recording mainly street processions involving singing and a lot of percussion. There is often one person singing solo with a chorus in call and response and lots of sound coming from drums and other loud bang-em-up devices. The best I've found so far is to have my omni mics slightly spaced and get as close to the solo singer as possible. The percussion seems to take care of itself. While I'm not unhappy with this, I just read about a "dual mono" method whereby you are really just using the two mics to capture two different parts of the sound without necessarily trying to create a stereo spectrum. In other words I might have one mic right up to the singer and separate the other one completely, suspending it over the percussion section. Only trouble of course is I would have to mix it right on the spot, as the mics are connected and I'm running straight into my MD. Any chance anyone has tried this kind of technique for any reason? What if I used an omni capsule on one mic (for percussion) and a cardioid on the other (the singer)? Would this make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 I would be a little leery of that, because you are ending up with a mono recording, and mono will never sound as good as stereo. I would suggest using cardioid mics, getting as close to the singer as possible, and pointing one at the singer and the other at the percussion. Try that, and if doesn't work then I would just stick with your original method, some omni's as close to the singer as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD4DNV Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Stereo does sound better. I use two programs for editing my mixes. One is N-Track to record the music to Hard drive, and the other is Cool Edit for processing the channels separately. They are not Freeware, but they are worth every penny! Experimentation is the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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