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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: pillowman on March 29, 2015, 04:46:40 AM
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ola !
Will go very soon to a festival in a cave under the earth.
it will be amplified/loud music ... I am not sure what capsules I have to use,
I can select from AT(U)853 hypercards, subcards, cards or DPA4061 omnis.
If someone can help which would be the best choise for me it would be great !
THANK YOU !!!
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pillowman
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Taper #1: "Dude, that recording has so much refelection it sounds like it was recorded inside a cave".
Taper #2: "It was recorded inside a cave."
Taper #1: "Oh, nevermind."
Hyper-Cardioid up close Pointed at stacks or stage lip Sub-Cardioids.
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sort of on topic, while being off topic at the same time,….
Underground cistern in Washington state. This space has a 45second reverb decay cycle.
The image is also a link to some info about this space:
(https://mraybould.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cistern-chapel.jpg) (http://centrum.org/2009/01/cistern/)
There are tracks of this cistern featured in this CD, by David Hykes. It is with the Harmonic Choir of harmonic overtone vocalists, a style most people know from Tuvan throat singing. The harmonic overtones create other-wordly inhuman-like tones. The reverb cycle of the cistern plays off of this extremely well. Well worth finding.
I guess that you're going to want a link or something to suggest what CD this is, ehh?
(http://www.heavenandearthessentials.com/images/CD%20Harmonic%20Meditations.jpg)
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Sorry man. Like ted said.
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Taper #1: "Dude, that recording has so much refelection it sounds like it was recorded inside a cave".
Taper #2: "It was recorded inside a cave."
Taper #1: "Oh, nevermind."
Hyper-Cardioid up close Pointed at stacks or stage lip Sub-Cardioids.
thanks man, ... so probably I will run subs and hypers :-)
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pillowman
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Curious if the cave in question is Germany's Balver Hohle?
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It's loud and amplified, you'll be safest if you approach it like any inside venue with questionable acoustics and setup as Ted recommends.
That cool cistern is basically a gigantic reverb chamber. Works for very specific types of tonal music without much transients, bathed in 'verb, would be a total mess for others. Some caves offer very good acoustics for acoustic music depending on their geometry. The non-uniform, non-parallel craggy surfaces form natural diffusers. How many tourist caves still have pipe-organs built into them? That used to be a thing.
Checkout the 333ft underground Volcano room at Cumberland Caverns, TN http://cumberlandcaverns.com/bluegrass-underground/ (http://cumberlandcaverns.com/bluegrass-underground/)
(http://www.bluegrassunderground.com/files/cache/f455c048560b8492d775991f1d07acca.jpg)
(http://www.bluegrassunderground.com/files/cache/020a065e1ace2033a9c5fad28337e4f0.jpg)
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Curious if the cave in question is Germany's Balver Hohle?
right country - wrong cave :-)
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pillowman
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beside the technical question I really have to know how cold it is inside ???
... better a ask the promoter such things :-)
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pillowman
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One of the nice things about caves is they tend to have a consistent temperature and never get too hot or cold. Generally on the cool side unless you're around steam vents or something I guess.
The Cumberland Caverns mentioned above is exactly what this thread made me think of. I've never seen a show there but as a boy scout we visited, toured/explored (had my shoes sucked off in Bubblegum Alley), and slept there overnight.