Topic: taping in a bar/club tonight, whats the best mic config?

[jagraham]

im trying to figure out the best mic config for a somewhat noisy bar/restaurant.  the venue is 202 market in roanoke va and from past experience i may have to set up towards the back of the venue.  i usually use ORTF or DIN90, so im considering something different to maybe make up for the not-so-ideal location.  any help is appreciated.  oh and BTW the band is blueground undergrass, and bluegrass/country rock type band and the venue is a small room with the stage/dining area on one side and a bar on the other(about 10 ft from stage right).

[anechoic]

try a baffled A-B like a Jecklin disc or other barrier
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[Brian Skalinder]

Have you run cards ORTF and DIN from the not-so-ideal location before?  Did you like the results, generally?  Those configs have a sterephonic recording angle (SRA) of ~±50º.  If you liked the ORTF (17cm / 90º) / DIN (20 cm / 90º) results from that less than location, but found they had too much reverberant sound, you might try a config with similar SRA.  For example, 30cm / 45º  has a similar SRA of ~±50º, but since the included angle is smaller, more of the sound from the music is on-axis, and more of the reverberant sound is off-axis.

(There's a link to the Stereophonic Zoom stickied at the top of the forum, if you want to explore other spreads / angles and their associated SRAs.)

[jibooer]

...or you can ask for a SBD patch as I do believe they are cool w/ that.

...DINa always works for me in those situations, but as Brian mentioned, if you work the angles, you can get rid of the garbage

[rhinowing]

FWIW, many small bars will only run a few instruments through the board (vox and keys, for example)