I am highly interested in purchasing the Audio Technica PRO 24 XY (here:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Live/Sound/Microphones/Wireless?sku=270607) to do a live music recording at Washington Square Park (NYC) soon. I am going to be recording a cellist, clarinet player, and sax player all live during the middle of the afternoon, and need a mic that will be able to create a stereo sound (meaning, if I plug ONE mic into my M-Audio Firewire interface, I should get a stereo signal, and not mono) that will efficiently pick up these three instruments with relative quality. I also (as part of the project's guidelines) need to be able to pick up some of the surrounding people at the park as well, so I thought this kind of mic design would be best. I could put the cellist in the middle, and then the reed players on either side, and have the mic positioned facing the cellist about five-eight feet away from him.
Is this the right way to go? I really cannot spend more than $100, so this price looked good to me. One thing I have to STRESS - I have plugged in vocal microphones to the M-Audio Firewire recording interface that I'll be using, and cannot get more than mono to come out of each indivdiual microphone channel. If I only get ONE mic, I need it to be able to send a stereo signal to this recording interface. If I get this particular mic, this needs to be done - will this be accomplished with this particular mic?
Thanks so much in advance!
-Andrew