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<blockquote data-quote="Milt Hathaway" data-source="post: 81001" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>Re: Choir miking</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OK, I'll accept that I spoke too soon about this particular performance. I didn't take the time to realize that the vocal mics were meant for solo rather than chorus micing in this performance.</p><p></p><p>Regarding orchestra micing, IMHO close-micing is a method of last resort. I've been mixing symphonies outdoors and in airplane hangars for years, but I still go out of my way to avoid close-micing instruments that musical genre dictates are meant to create their tone in groups (strings and choirs, particularly). I don't need the absolute control that close-micing affords, nor do I want the negative artifacts that come from having too many microphones picking up too many sources from too many directions. Now certainly if I'm having to deal with a Pops situation where the guest artist either refuse to blend their performance with the orchestra and/or feel the need to have ridiculous monitor levels, then yes I'll close mic whatever I can as a natural orchestral tone is apparently not desired. But in a normal situation I don't feel the need to wrestle control over the orchestra's balance from the conductor, nor do I fool myself into thinking that mics only pick up the instruments they are pointed at.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to hijack your thread, Dick. It is a nice video.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Milt Hathaway, post: 81001, member: 26"] Re: Choir miking OK, I'll accept that I spoke too soon about this particular performance. I didn't take the time to realize that the vocal mics were meant for solo rather than chorus micing in this performance. Regarding orchestra micing, IMHO close-micing is a method of last resort. I've been mixing symphonies outdoors and in airplane hangars for years, but I still go out of my way to avoid close-micing instruments that musical genre dictates are meant to create their tone in groups (strings and choirs, particularly). I don't need the absolute control that close-micing affords, nor do I want the negative artifacts that come from having too many microphones picking up too many sources from too many directions. Now certainly if I'm having to deal with a Pops situation where the guest artist either refuse to blend their performance with the orchestra and/or feel the need to have ridiculous monitor levels, then yes I'll close mic whatever I can as a natural orchestral tone is apparently not desired. But in a normal situation I don't feel the need to wrestle control over the orchestra's balance from the conductor, nor do I fool myself into thinking that mics only pick up the instruments they are pointed at. Sorry to hijack your thread, Dick. It is a nice video. [/QUOTE]
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