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Ribbon Microphone for Classical Soprano

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I’m interested in potentially getting a ribbon microphone for mostly just hobby recording in my home. I’ve been having a terrible time finding examples and information on recording classical vocals on a ribbon microphone, however, the one example I did find sounded quite beautiful. The singer was recording using an AEA R84, however, it’s a bit out of my price range.

DDP project - few simple questions

Hello! I need a short, concise advice on how to make a DDP project in HOFA. I've been always sending a finished project to the pressing plant, but they fucked up last album, so I decided to take it on my own to be sure I did everything properly. I work mainly with live recordings, so I usually don't take 2-second breaks between songs, for obvious reasons. After importing the finished project to

Recording flutes played live

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I did this video - about how you could clip a mic to a flute. Handy if you need to do a live recording where for either the PA or just for separation, you need to get a mic close in and keep it the same distance from the instrument. Difficult to do with a mic one a boom, as the players never stand still. I used the Shure SM7B as sa comparison and then mounted a cheap lav mic in a small clamp.

Treatment on the inputs?

Should I be printing treatments on all my instruments and vocal inputs (not effects but phase reverse, hi pass, comp, limiting and EQ) or should I go in dry with only desirable mic placement and gain staging. I do use some eq, comp and spatial plugins on the vocal channel inserts that can all be disabled during mixing….