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Title: cards onstage???
Post by: mikesalvo on February 22, 2008, 12:48:26 PM
never used my mics onstage. will crds wolrk? If yes, Im thinking really wide XY? anyone care to chime in??? ;D
Title: Re: cards onstage???
Post by: grider on February 22, 2008, 12:52:48 PM
I do, and love the sound, in fact I really prefer them to omni's for that placement since cards have no rear lobe and thus do not pick up much of the crowd noise behind them; I do not use XY, I instead use them in DIN or ORTF, but you must be careful not to place them too near any percussions or that instrument will dominate your recording and probably ruin it
Title: Re: cards onstage???
Post by: svenkid on February 22, 2008, 01:00:03 PM
I run cards on stage if possible :)
don't run hyper-cards on stage though  :P
If posible run sub-cards on stage  >:D

always ORTF (to the dome!) 
Title: Re: cards onstage???
Post by: Brian Skalinder on February 22, 2008, 01:15:31 PM
Cards will work just fine on stage.  Results will vary, as always, depending on where/how you set up.  I generally like cards XY, as I find DIN / ORTF and other arrangements exaggerate the width of the soundstage.  But it's been a while since I've used near-coincident configurations on stage.  You might consider checking out the Stereophonic Zoom link stickied to the top of the forum as a starting point for what spacing / angle to use.
Title: Re: cards onstage???
Post by: datbrad on February 22, 2008, 05:40:02 PM
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,99214.msg1321369.html#msg1321369

90 degree XY on stage. Check this recording out to see what you think of this configuration.
Title: Re: cards onstage???
Post by: eric.B on February 22, 2008, 05:57:33 PM
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aetree%20AND%20creator%3A%22Ocean%20Exposition%22 (http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aetree%20AND%20creator%3A%22Ocean%20Exposition%22)


all kinds of setups used to record these shows...  instrumental progressive jazz with some standards and always onstage (no vocals).. streaming the material prolly wont help you in terms of difference from setup to setup tho, but if you download a few tracks and listen to them on a decent system, you can hear the differences the varying setups provide..