I have two Studio Projects C4s that I'm looking to use to mic my church's choir. They are set up in three rows on risers, going from low (in front) to high (in back). They are in kind of like a little alcove in our church off to the side. The ceiling is very low, so Micing them directly overhead isn't going to work.

So, I thought I'd share again...

This weekend I'm recording the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington. The group is a very large male chorus and will be doing several shows this weekend. The venue is the Lisner Auditorium in downtown DC. (http://www.lisner.org) Overall, the venue is nice, but there is a bit of AC rumble.

The college I now work for is recording a choir of 20-25 people in its studio. The choir will be singing along to a backing track however, the studio does not have the monitoring outputs to provide separate headphone feeds for each person.

Hi all

Next week I'll be recording a male amateur choir (48 guys) in my local church.
There''ll be no audience and we can probably track it a couple of times.
Mostly a mix between somewhat popular and religious songs

The choir will be on the altar of a (about) 800 seats church
standing in a semicircle / upside down U

Hi,

I was asked by a friend to record his church choir. The choir size is 20 people and will be recorded at the church. I was leaning to the SM81's in an XY or ORTF configuration, along with one of my large condensor mics with the ISA428.

What would be the best mic choice and configuration out of the mics I have?

I know that this topic has probably been discussed but I could not find it.

I am going to record a choir in a decent sized church. I want to capture the ambient sound and am limited to 2 mics. I assume that a-b and blumlein are be the top two options. Is this correct? If I am wrong please correct me. Which setup should I use?

leonin

I have to record a choir, with band for a few events a year. We hire in the equipment most years, so it's kind of a blank slate, however it's a charity affair, so budget is exceptionally tight for what people want out of it.

It happens to every choir. Suddenly when you hear the last chord, it's approaching a semitone low... This is failing technique, concentration, group psychology, bad day, whatever, but it is and once there it is a hard to break.

What do you do? For single voices there is melodyne or autotune. Is there anything else you can do other than bringing the group together for another try?

Hello all,

I had asked some choir questions here a few months ago regarding recording a kids choir and Micing techniques.

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There was some discussion as to how to best do it, especially regarding mic choices, and I just wanted to let others know what happened, to keep the learning going.

So I am helping some people at a local church to record their band/choir. I wish I had more experience to offer, but instead I'm just running off instinct.