First post in a long time here. I recorded a duo last night at a very small venue. Mics were hung from the ceiling in ortf configuration (sub-cardioid caps).
Came home and listened on my sony cans and sounds good considering the sound in the venue. Yay! Spent the evening editing and tracking, still sounds good on my cans.
Finally play things back on my home stereo to enjoy the fruits of the labour and it sounds horrible! Same stereo i've had for years (B&W 702 speakers), so nothing weird there, but the vocals which were prominent on my headphones are totally lost in the mix and muddy. I know the Sony monitors are very flat and might therefore downplay the bass, but I've never had a case this extreme.
Needless to say, I'm feeling frustrated about the prospect of having to start over again.
Any suggestions on why this might have happened?
Thanks!
ps. here's a link to a track if it helps. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yxmzWailvXswJd2zLrAERvu9zhhVx1eO
Hi UnicMonster.
For me, your Ortf Mic was too near from instruments.
When I have no much repetition time
to prepare, for 2-4 musicians,
(depending how the concert room)
I take the ensemble width, and for
prime installation I put my Mics in mid-front of them
at the same distance (than width),
and 3 or 4 Meters above.
Generaly, its sound great.
So I prefer recording live classicals concerts with M/S mics.
Because on PostProd I can correct the strereo spacialisation
and there is no mid whole.
Now, My recordings for Trios, Quatuor, Organ
or Symphonic Orchestra are made
with a SD-788, 2/3 Paired Mics :
1) 1 Ortf (allways)
2) 1 M/S - Blumlein (allways)
3) 2 Omni AB (sometime)
For your Audio,
I Suggest you to
create au Mid-Side File from your Stereo
then, from this mid-Side file,
make a stéreo with a lot of test
balancing more or less Side or Mid...
Maybe it would be your solution.
Excuse my english
God Bless you
Kasu64 (Biarritz, France)
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