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
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.
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)
Sorry man. Like ted said.
Quote from: tgakidis on March 29, 2015, 06:43:43 AM
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
Curious if the cave in question is Germany's Balver Hohle?
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)
Quote from: aaronji on April 01, 2015, 02:57:36 PM
Curious if the cave in question is Germany's Balver Hohle?
right country - wrong cave :-)
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pillowman
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
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.