I’m getting paid to record a live comedy show in a couple days. The person who hired me knows what I do, so isn’t expecting anything crazier than a 4 track matrix, but I would like to do a good job. I’ll be stationed at the board. I think it’s on the floor, but may be in the balcony, of the venue, which is a mid-size theater.
My thought was just to roll 3 ft spread omnis plus the SBD, since the omnis are mostly just to get crowd noise. I realize at, for example, recent Phish shows, they had what looked like a couple cards pointed up and away from the SBD area for this purpose.
Is there anything crazier to do than that? I know it might be more optimal to have spaced cards facing the audience from stage, but I don’t think that will be an option. I could point the cards backwards from up at the board, but not sure what that would really accomplish. Also, if the cards are facing away from the sound source, correct to invert phase, right?
Any thoughts/anyone actually done this?