Topic: DPA - best taping position..

[Hman]

Hi all,

expecting my DPA4061s this week. Next week I got two gigs upcoming.
Now I know these DPAs are omni. The gigs I will visit are in pretty small rooms/clubs.

What position would be the best for me??

In front of the stacks (left/right), or FOB?? I'm using the DPAs straight into my Microtrack24/96.

[Javier Cinakowski]

What position would be the best for me??

Where it sounds good.


If you need to know a possition, I suggest making a equalateral triangle as shown below....

stack  Stage   stack
   - ----- ---- -
     -            -
       -        -
          -    -
           You

[udovdh]

Or better get closer to one side only (and yes, loose some `stereo`) if the SNR because of the crowd is an issue.

[Duncan]

I've always been a FOS taper and never regretted it.
I'd never change

Duncan

[Evil Taper]

well...large venues will have alot of reverb the further back you are, so try to get closer, smaller venues stand wherever it sounds decent.  sounds moves 1ft/ms so 20' from the stage is a 20ms delay.  you don't really hear any sort of delay until you hit the 35ms mark so try to stay at least that close.

[bluntforcetrauma]

wherever it sounds good to your ears

or triangulate your place.

I use DPA 4061 and 4022

have fun

[blastroknow]

the triangle is your geometric guide to good recording

but don't forget those ears either