This weekend I plan on taping my favourite comedian, whose act is roughly split 50:50 between spoken word and keyboard-based songs. Past experience tells me the performance itself will be fairly quiet, whilst the audience, at its peak, will be louder than the music. So, something akin to an acoustic or jazz gig. Still, I'm a little outside my comfort zone here.
The venue is a 750-seat theatre, and I have the same seat, front-row centre, for all three performances.
I am planning to try out my new CA Ugly II preamp, but I'm unsure which mics would be best for the job. My choices are:
SP-CMC-25 (super-cardioids)
CA-11 cards
CA-11 omnis
I have AT853s (card and sub-card caps) on the way, but I'm not sure they will arrive on time.
Like I say, I have three shots to get it down. I don't mind experimenting a little, but I'd like to get decent captures of all three performances.
So, what mics should I run, levels, etc?
Thanks in advance for your advice.