did another recording in the hall today, with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra featuring Manuel Barrueco on solo guitar.
as it was, we wanted to get a fuller sound and try the decca tree. we were using the dpa surround kit to attempt this one, and came up with a rather odd decca tree - one with equal spacings, and placed about 18 feet above the stage.
results were actually surprisingly good, but we're planning to try it at a lower height, say about 10-12 feet above the stage, and with different spacings and see how it turns out the next time.
usually we've done surround using a stand, so it was the first time we've flown the kit. rather sad/amusing story though - we bought fishing line to fly the kit for the first time, and it was too thin. it led to the line cutting my hand as i was pulling it up, forcing me to let go and send it swinging across the stage!
luckily it didn't hit anything though... don't think i'd like to pay for those mics at all. but yep lesson learnt - wear gloves or get a thicker fishing line!
sorry i don't have that many pictures this time, didn't really have time to take them other than during the teardown. busy day since we were doing 32 channels and the decca tree actually took up most of the time, and we had to rush the rest of the spots and flanks after that.
interesting day all in all. managed to try out the beyer 910s and 950s and they worked nicely. will see if i can get some samples up. also, we managed to rent a dpa 4011 so we're going to try it out on thursday for a closed door recording and see how that works. looks to be an interesting period