The Disco Biscuits just played NYE in quadraphonic sound. What would be the best source to capture the show. Effects would have to come after the soundboard so a sbd copy would not capture everything right? Would five mics pointing in each corner of the room sound better. Also would a file that is in 5.1 be a huge file(DVD) or could you mix it to a normal size? Any help would be appreciated.
PM gedit, he taped the show in 5.1 and can answer more questions
check out this thread if you haven't already:
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,75585.0.html
george's stereo mix of NYE is located here:
http://www.archive.org/details/db2006-12-31.b1-pro.flac16
the easiest would be to get a quad mic ..the cheapest i've seen is the line audio qm12 www.lineaudio.com
you need at least 4 raw tracks, and mixer for post production. >:D
if you notice at the bottom of the 2 channel mix on archive it says they are working on the 5.1 version, but it might take a while
Schoeps double MS
-small
-easy
-3 tracks
-expensive
http://www.schoeps.de/E-2004/double-ms.html
But, if you already have 2 cards (or hypers), all you need is an 8, 3 tracks to record on with pre's and a matrix in post.
I wonder if there is a way to set up my c34 to do quadraphonic recording since it has 4 capsules....?
Quote from: Sanjay on January 08, 2007, 11:52:40 PM
I wonder if there is a way to set up my c34 to do quadraphonic recording since it has 4 capsules....?
bluemein
Quote from: Bean on January 08, 2007, 11:59:13 PM
Quote from: Sanjay on January 08, 2007, 11:52:40 PM
I wonder if there is a way to set up my c34 to do quadraphonic recording since it has 4 capsules....?
bluemein
they're the same thing?
technically, especially with a fixed stereo mic
its picking up front and rear lobes :)
I would think so anyway
a more stereophonic approach would be what george did and split the mics up a bit, the front stereo is like a DIN with a center channel and the rear pickups are facing the back of his stand, in a DIN/ORTF whatever setup he used :)
That makes sense, for some reason I thought quadraphonic referred to 4 channels in a surround config. I guess Blumlein is just that 4 tracks already phased down to the two.
Quote from: Bean on January 09, 2007, 12:10:38 AM
technically, especially with a fixed stereo mic
its picking up front and rear lobes :)
I would think so anyway
a more stereophonic approach would be what george did and split the mics up a bit, the front stereo is like a DIN with a center channel and the rear pickups are facing the back of his stand, in a DIN/ORTF whatever setup he used :)
Exactly what I plan to do in the future - two stereo arrays, 1 forward, 1 back > SD744 - create a 4.0 mix (or 4.1) in Vegas and be off and running. I think quad is the way to go (no need for a center channel - plenty of image from the stereo arrays) - it should be pretty representative of the room you are in (I think)
edit: two m/s arrays would probably be the best bet for mixing in post - more control over the image is never a bad thing
Listen up folks.
All you need to do is add a figure 8 to 2 cards and record on three channels.
You don't need 2 MS or 4 mics or 4 channels or 4 pres, etc.
This is called double MS and it works great.
See above link.....
Quote from: midside on January 09, 2007, 11:55:38 PM
Listen up folks.
All you need to do is add a figure 8 to 2 cards and record on three channels.
You don't need 2 MS or 4 mics or 4 channels or 4 pres, etc.
This is called double MS and it works great.
See above link.....
that seems like a GREAT idea
You could do a 5.1 DVD-A mix. There's also a way to encode 5.1 as DTS WAV. It burns to a regular CD-R, just like a regular audio CD. Just you can't play it in a regular CD player -- it needs a DTS-capable player (generally a DVD player). My DVD player does DTS audio, but it can't do DVD-A... and DTS WAV sounds just fine :)
I'd like to hear this - thanks george for this effort on a night I couldn't have possibly been able to tape.