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| Topic: Strange problem in a hall. |
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 Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:33 am Subject: Strange problem in a hall. |
The "whispering gallery" in the US Capitol building is in the
Thanks Bob - that's the one  A beautiful room but I'd hate to record in there.
I was trying to remember when I was there and it w ... |
| Topic: Choral Recording |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:16 am Subject: Choral Recording |
A few thoughts from a quick listen (on headphones) and a look at your pictures.
It's a nice balance and some good playing and singing. I like the clarity of the orchestra but I think there's someth ... |
| Topic: Strange problem in a hall. |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:58 pm Subject: Strange problem in a hall. |
Concave curves, particularly parabolas, are rarely good news in performance spaces.
Apart from working regularly at the Royal Albert hall in London, which is a barely tamed acoustic nightmare need ... |
| Topic: Exciting old Schoeps Developments (in my life) |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:31 am Subject: Exciting old Schoeps Developments (in my life) |
It's worth about £50 - if you send me your PayPal address I'll send you the money - I'll even pay the PayPal fees 
On a more serious note, it's old and fairly unusual so it's likely to be a ... |
| Topic: DPA 4041 microphones |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:31 am Subject: DPA 4041 microphones |
| I have one pair of capsules and one pair each of the 4041SP (phantom powered) and 4041T (valve) bodies. They're nothing short of stunning! (I liked them enough to sell all but one of my 4006s to help ... |
| Topic: DPA 4023 on long cable - problels |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:29 am Subject: DPA 4023 on long cable - problels |
I too have used 4023s down some long cables (about 170m) with no problems apart from a little bit of HF loss due to the loadings of the starquad multicores.
When you had the problem, did you try sw ... |
| Topic: neumann km 183 d |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:17 pm Subject: neumann km 183 d |
Not sure whether the mics can be externally synced at all...
From what I see on the website of a shop here, there are three varieties of each mic at the same price, 44, 48, and 96k. If you want to ... |
| Topic: Complete newbie hoping for simple advice on choral recording |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:18 am Subject: Complete newbie hoping for simple advice on choral recording |
Who is your son's horn teacher?
Just curious...
No-one you'd be likely to have heard of My son is only 11 and he started the horn last year, studying with the peripatetic brass teacher w ... |
| Topic: Complete newbie hoping for simple advice on choral recording |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:07 am Subject: Complete newbie hoping for simple advice on choral recording |
I'll PM you and maybe we can work out something that wouldn't inconvenience greatly
PM replied. (Sorry it took a while.) |
| Topic: Complete newbie hoping for simple advice on choral recording |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:55 pm Subject: Complete newbie hoping for simple advice on choral recording |
| a06275, There's lots good advice there so far - especially the bit about picking things up gradually on eBay. If you're on a tight budget, taking a bit of time and grabbing bargains on the secondhand ... |
| Topic: Exciting old Schoeps Developments (in my life) |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:40 am Subject: Exciting old Schoeps Developments (in my life) |
| It was sometime in 1978. I've no idea what serial numbers that equates to but if you contact Schoeps they could probably tell you on which side of the line your mic falls. |
| Topic: Exciting old Schoeps Developments (in my life) |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:56 am Subject: Exciting old Schoeps Developments (in my life) |
I've got a CMTS501U but I haven't used it for ages. I lent it to a friend so I don't have it to hand to check but from memory (which is a bit flaky) - and using a picture from the Schoeps website:
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| Topic: Exciting new Schoeps Developments |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:08 pm Subject: Exciting new Schoeps Developments |
| Just checking but only the CMD2U is digital - the CMR is just a miniaturised and modified replacement analogue CMC stage intended to allow most capsules to work with radio mic transmitters using low v ... |
| Topic: schoeps omni caps |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:41 am Subject: schoeps omni caps |
As with any recording the mic choices are first dictated by the venue and the repertoire-- all other decisions come afterward.
That to say that given a specific concert, a MK2S might be better ... |
| Topic: Mic placement for a choir |
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:47 am Subject: Mic placement for a choir |
Interesting technique.
Recently, we got less than satisfactory results in a live performance recording of Karl Jenkins "The Armed Man", where the amateur choir was accompanied by two trumpets and a ... |
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