I just wanted to share a short sample of what I recorded last friday of a piano trio concert (Piano, Violin, Cello).
Mics in use were:
X-R omnis in AB set up, hanging straight down near the stage lip with Jon's 2 right angle RCA adaptors (for each body) to be able to angle it towards the performers
X-R Card (only one) in mono (because there was only one), BUT attached with Jon's boundary mount, and taped to the center and front of the stage.
Signals went into OCM R44 channel 1,2,3
4th channel was used for soundboard feed of a lecturer microphone
Room conditions:
Room is dry. Looks nice but it seems good for lectures and conferences. Not a big space, maybe 200 or 300 seater? If I get a chance to confirm I will update this space.
Room is very good for piano though, it can kill the strings easily..
A/C was turned on, it had some noise.
Lights were very buzzy and noisy.
Reasoning behind setup:
X-R omnis because I could not use any mic stand, and when I went there for the dress rehearsal, I did not have what I needed to hang an ORTF or something. After trying the XR omnis during the dress rehearsal, I felt they were good enough to stand on its own, so I used that as my main pair.
X-R card + boundary mount: I just wanted to pick up some clarity on the cello in the smallest profile possible. The owner of the trust fund which sponsored this venue and concert does not like microphone stands blocking the view of the audience.
I felt that the results were actually quite good! We had a good placement for the string musicians but the person who helped to put out the chairs for the trio section did not put them at the place they rehearsed, so they ended up much more to the left than during the last soundcheck that day.
Pictures and wave files are included in this link
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/13vg9gfmzl1tvp8/AADUEm9rGls35xNSGfP06bt6a?dl=0Includes:
2 jpg pics of blurry photo quality
4 wave files at 96khz 24bits:
- xr card with boundary mount mono (center): This is just the Cardioid mic (mono signal)
- xr omni capsules AB: This is 2 hanging Omni mics (stereo channel)
- xr omnis and card combined: This is the above 2 combined together (to my preference)
- xr omnis and card combined plus some reverb: I added some reverb and possibly added more gain..
or you can listen to the sound files here:
https://soundcloud.com/matahaka/sets/xr-mics-piano-trio/s-c5KkqPictures show: XR mics hanging down.. and an akg in the front of the center of the stage. AKG was used by the venue to provide sound to the TV outside for people who were late.
The xr card with boundary mount is just in front of it..
In my haste to setup and tear down, I totally forgot to take clearer pictures of the setup.. So please forgive the blurry pictures.
I hope this is helpful for anyone who is looking for samples of it!
Edit: Added details on what is in the dropbox link, and added one more file to dropbox link.