capnreverb
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I do a lot of recording with treated horns (playing sax/bass clarinet through effects like delay and reverb). I've gotten real good at creating sax choirs with overdubbing reverbed out sax solos. Here's the situation I want to record.
I have access to a building lobby space that has mind boggling natural reverb/decay. Its got to be at least a few seconds or so of natural bliss. I want to record some improvised sax solos in this space. I was hoping to use just two mics.
Here are the mics I was going to use (I have more, but these seem to lend themselves).
2 groove tube single pattern tube mics
2 AT4033's
2 Studio Projects C4's (omni or cardiod capsules)
I want to get a real full sound, with more of the room acoustics than an accurate spot on recording. I want the feel of the natural reverb in all it's glory, with some clarity of the natural source.
I thought about using any of the matched pairs or a combo of whats above.
My quick guess, and I dont really have a good reason other than gut feel, is to have one of the tube mics closer to the horn, and having a C4 w/omni placed as far away as a I can get it.
If I bring all my fricken mics to the space and test every possible scenario, I'm afarid it will kill all the inspiration I have for the space and the improvisations.
What would you guys do?
I have access to a building lobby space that has mind boggling natural reverb/decay. Its got to be at least a few seconds or so of natural bliss. I want to record some improvised sax solos in this space. I was hoping to use just two mics.
Here are the mics I was going to use (I have more, but these seem to lend themselves).
2 groove tube single pattern tube mics
2 AT4033's
2 Studio Projects C4's (omni or cardiod capsules)
I want to get a real full sound, with more of the room acoustics than an accurate spot on recording. I want the feel of the natural reverb in all it's glory, with some clarity of the natural source.
I thought about using any of the matched pairs or a combo of whats above.
My quick guess, and I dont really have a good reason other than gut feel, is to have one of the tube mics closer to the horn, and having a C4 w/omni placed as far away as a I can get it.
If I bring all my fricken mics to the space and test every possible scenario, I'm afarid it will kill all the inspiration I have for the space and the improvisations.
What would you guys do?