I had the hardest time finding a vert bar to suit my needs with my LDCs, having enough clearance between the two mounting posts to run them head to head. .Below is a modification to the Shure a27m vert bar that will allow plenty of clearance.

In setting up a Blumelin array what happens if instead of placing the mics so that the front of both figure 8's are facing forward, the entire assembly is rotated 90° so that one figure 8 front and one figure 8 back is facing forward? Or if both rear lobes are facing forward 180°?

There is an excellent thread over at ProSoundWeb on the mysteries of the Blumlein array.
recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/853/0

and it includes a great link to a stereo image visualisation tool...
http://www.hauptmikrofon.de/ima2-folder/ImageAssistant2.html

Did my first live broadcast / recording with a Blumlein pair in our smallish studio (18x28) of a local folk group. Overall, things in the control room sounded pretty good, but there seemed to be a bit of a hole in the middle.

I'll grab the tracks and take them home and listen in a much better environment and see how the technique worked. I used a pair of AT4050's.

I am going to record a church choir and wanted to capture the ambiance of the room. I gathered from other posts that a Blumlein setup would work well for this, as I do not want a complicated setup with lots of mics placed all over the place. Does anybody have a recommendation for a good bi directional mic?

Some names that I have come across are

I’ve never had a chance to try a pair of figure-8 mics in Blumlein configuration, but I’m curious about it. Specifically, I’m curious about what happens when you close-mic an instrument like acoustic guitar (and yes, I know that ideally, Blumlein is something done at a greater distance in a good room).

Hi everyone,
I wonder if a pair of these fig 8s would be good enough for a main pair using Blumlein? Jeremy has already recommended these to me as a good SDC fig 8.

OK.I have this session coming up recording a trio. Drums, electric guitar, and baritone sax. They want to record live playing in the same room facing each other.

Hello,
I have never attempted a 'Blumlein' recording (including today w/ 2 Royer R-121 's) where I didn't have to flip the phase on one mic. Is this a given?
Thanks in advance.
Benjy

Anyone here experimented with using a Blumlein pair to record a drum kit? Or anything for that matter? I just got done reading an article about the Micing technique and it sounds like it should work really well.