Topic: any direction for advice for microphone placement will be grately welcome

[TaperedMind]

Thanks

[bhtoque]

My advice would be to use the search feature (or even your favorite search engine) and look for "microphone placement"

If you've got a specific question we can help you out, but you can't open a dictionary and just ask for a word starting with S

JAson

[earmonger]

Placement for recording: Up high, above the conversation, if possible,  or close to your ears. (I clip a pair of binaurals to a shirt collar--not ideal, but if the mics were on my ears/eyeglasses the sound would swing around whenever I turned my head.) Any further below shoulder level, though, and you're going to start getting the sound muffled by the audience members in the way.

For placement in the room, my advice is: Get there early and (assuming you're not in reserved seats) walk through the room. Close your eyes and listen to the pre-show music. Is it bassy? Is there an echo or an oddly emphasized frequency range? Can you make out the words in the vocals? An even better time for this test is during the opening act. Close your eyes to take away visual cues, like lip-readiing the lead singer.

Rule of thumb: Stand near the sound booth.

Rule of other thumb: If people are yakking, get the hell away from them.

[TaperedMind]

Beautiful, earmonger!  Thanks and I'm all thumbs.

Rule of thumb: Stand near the sound booth.

Rule of other thumb: If people are yakking, get the hell away from them.

[TaperedMind]

Placement for recording: Up high, above the conversation, if possible,  or close to your ears. (I clip a pair of binaurals to a shirt collar--not ideal, but if the mics were on my ears/eyeglasses the sound would swing around whenever I turned my head.)

Do you face microphones out to the sides (facing more audience noise?) or towards your front?

[OOK]

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[earmonger]

I face the mics toward the sound source.

That may not be the center of the stage you are looking at, where the lead singer is pouring beer on the guitarist.  It may be the speakers at the side (or sides) of the stage, which don't put on much of a visual show.  A recorder is not a video camera.

Mic placement depends on the kind of mics you are using. Are you using omnidirectional (also known as binaural) mics? Or are you using cardioid (directional mics). How you point the mics is going to be a lot more crucial with cardioids.

But the easiest thing to do is to place omni mics close to those omni receivers otherwise known as your ears. What you hear, depending on the quality of the mics, should be something like what you get.

[TaperedMind]

Thank you OtheroneK and earmonger, yes indeed.  Advice hit the spot.

[newplanet7]

Here ya go.
http://www.dpamicrophones.com/en/Microphone-University/StereoTechniques.aspx

On the right hand side of the page you can download a pdf file which illustrates and explains all the common configurations

[whiskybob]

Rule of other thumb: If people are yakking, get the hell away from them.

Or carry a tazer gun with you and give them a few volts to STFU....my .02 cents

[splumer]

Is it me or does it seem like the chatter has gotten worse in the last couple years? (Not on topic, I know)

Rule of other thumb: If peoples are yakking, get the hell away from them.

Or carry a tazer gun with you and give them a few volts to STFU....my .02 cents