Topic: Blumlien and Midside questions.

[pilgrims622]

very cool.  the tape is going to be at Radio City, hopefully right in the middle of the floor about halfway back (basically dead center).  i'll let ya'll know how it comes out.

thanks for all the tips and advice.

-bw

Who said I was sending my other ak20 I might want to run it now ... Thanks Ovu for the information...That really does help out and was what I was looking for +t...I talked C.Fox into running blumlein at Radio City this year for Panic(cause I wasnt there)...He ran from row XX...Think his tape came out pretty good, but it was also a 4 mic mix...I ran blumlein at the Greek this summer from the ots and the tapes sound unreal...better than cards(ak40s), hypers(ak50s), or cards(km84i) from the same spot...Neumann blumlein rocks and Im sure you'll be wanting to order another ak20 after using it NYE

[John Willett]

alright, but if you put 2 fig 8s in the XY mount, with the front lobes facing outward (ie, one facing directly at us in that pic and the other at 90 degrees from that), wouldn't that be blumlien?

No, I don't think so.

Firstly, the fig-8 is larger in diameter.

Secondly, I don't think the diaphragms will line up correctly (though check it and see) - the diaphragms should ideally be one above the other in vertical alignment.

[Stagger]

with the c422, cant i just leave the capsules at the 90 degree split i use for m/s, and orient the mic so the angle is in the center (rather than the top capsule - so rotated 45 degrees clockwise) and then set the patterns on the s42 box both to fig8, right..?

Yep! That is exactly how I used to do it with my c34. Just set up as if you were going to run XY and switch the S42 to fig8. Carl Beck, who now ownes my old c34, runs Blumline all the time like this with damn fine results. Just make sure you are pretty close as Blumline can get real muddy if you are too far back in the room.