Have a look at: http://www.ampexguy.com/horn/rectips/rectips.html
You may have to copy and paste the URL into your browser for it to work. As far as microphones, preamps, and so on, there is a wide variety, and most of them, correctly deployed in a good hall, will make an excellent recording. And there are many different ways to deploy microphones correctly, depending on the hall, the microphone, the music, and so on. For classical recording, the hall, by far, is the most important factor. Decent quality preamps and microphones are available nowadays at prices that would have been unimaginable even five or ten years ago. In sum, don't get hung up on hardware. For small ensembles I personally tend to use an ORTF array. However, despite many audiophiles' belief that we should always use only two microphones because we have only two ears, the minimalist approach usually does not work well for large ensembles. You'd have to be some kind of magician to record, say, Till Eulenspiegel with two mikes and not either have a gaping hole in the middle of the stereo image or not pick up the back stand strings. The standard college-level textbook on the topic is John Eargle's Handbook of Recording Engineering. There's a link to a citation on the web site above. HTH. Howard Sanner [email protected] Just back from the Grieg piano concerto wars (I was on the losing side) Quoting J Gregory Miller (USC): > > Greetings, > > > > I am looking for recommendations for microphones, preamps, patterns, > placement, and setups (limited to only using 2 microphones) which anyone has > encountered in their travels. > > > > After talking with some of the LA freelancers and audio engineers at WB, > Sony, and Fox studios, 2-mic coincident and ORTF seem to be popular with a > hyper-cardioid pattern, but microphone choices, preamp selection, and > distance from source vary quite a bit when recording horn players. > > > > I would be interested for additional perspectives. This is being done for an > upcoming research paper. Any and all submissions would be great! > > > > Best, > > > > JG Miller _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
