This was at the Rib America Festival and there were thousands of people around. If I had to guess I'd say I was a couple hundred feet back from the stage. I was in the center, just in front of the board. It wasn't windy but I still used the screens that come with the 'Luxes.
I run the Superlux SMK-H8K with cardioid capsules. I arrived a bit late (had a looooong hassle at the gates about bringing in gear
) and setup quickly as the band was playing its opening tune-up jam. I tried to approximate ORTF but probably wasn't quite at 110° 17cm. I've been patching for nearly ten years but am still trying to get the hang of running my own gear...
The other instruments don't sound as bad as the cymbals to my ears, so maybe it is a distance issue. If that's the case, there's nothing that can be done to clean it up right? There was another rig there (AT825) so I can always get a copy.