Folks-
Do you do this? Under what circumstances? Interested in what folks do with this tool- it was not available in the 'old days' when we simply observed good 3:1 ratio and other guidelines. Does delaying spot mics assist you in getting better audio now that this tool is available? Your thoughts?
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Well- thanks for remembering me, and glad to pop in again! I ap
Well- thanks for remembering me, and glad to pop in again!
I appreciate that you time-align even outriggers, Boswell. But I question whether it's actually necessary. Here's my (not very scientific) reasoning:
Since the start of recording orchestras until the advent of computers with such tools, we didn't even get to consider this- for instance, all those famous Decca orchestral recordings still sound pretty good to my ears, and they use a Decca Tree and (many times) many spots.
I have done some experimenting with time aligning tracks and have not always found an improvement. Often, I don't hear the difference! I could question my hearing or train myself to hear and 'correct' for this, but I'm not sure I want to screw around with time arrival phenomena that occur in nature- not that recording multimike is at all 'natural' in the first place. Regardless, those Decca records are seminal recordings-- and many others that have not been time-aligned already sound 'right' to me.
Anyway- that's my point of view on the subject- but only mine. I didn't write in, though, to start a debate or certainly to criticise another's methods. I was just checking in to see what the larger community is doing these days. Your response is very useful to me. Looking forward to hearing from others!
I even had some bad results when trying to allign. Seems, it is
I even had some bad results when trying to allign. Seems, it is depending on the given acoustic and placement. In a church you have all sort of reflections
adding to a natural sound, but "hearing" with sets of ears positioned at different locations within this sound pool is tricky. Let your ears rule...
Big K
Yes, spots and outriggers generally need delay with respect to t
Yes, spots and outriggers generally need delay with respect to the main stereo pair. Here's a quote from a post I wrote in 2007 in response to [[url=http://[/URL]="http://recording.or…"]choir recording[/]="http://recording.or…"]choir recording[/]. It was specifically about using a pair of DPAs as outriggers, but the argument is similar for spot mics:
PS Welcome back to RO - is it a couple of years since I last remember you here?