Alright I need help

[King_Prod45]

so im recording a choir. But the room is i guess bigger than average. We have put up sound acoustic pannels on top of the walls and along the ceiling. Still has a slight echo. But guys help me what would be a good sound for this room? How to get rid of echo? HOw position mics? Mayby some effects could use to ease it all out? Were running protools.


Heres A pic Of the sETUP

 

[northsiderap]

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What's on the walls? Where are the windows?

 

[Halion]

What mics do you have at your disposal?

 

[jonnyc]

Leave in the echo, I was a choirboy since 2nd grade and every room we were ever recorded in or rehearsed in had some kind of reverb. Just let the reverb do what it does naturally it should still sound good unless there are major acoustic problems

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

I'll assume that by "echo" you really mean "reverberation"...unless you're playing in an airplane hanger. In which case I'd tend to agree with JC; a bit of reverb on a choir can sound really sweet. If the reverb is overpowering, it would most likely be because the mics are too distant from their sources.

G.

 

[tangerine]

so im recording a choir. But the room is i guess bigger than average. We have put up sound acoustic pannels on top of the walls and along the ceiling. Still has a slight echo. But guys help me what would be a good sound for this room? How to get rid of echo? HOw position mics? Mayby some effects could use to ease it all out? Were running protools.

Heres A pic Of the sETUP

Remember any sound reflection that is over 50 ms is classed as echo anything under that is classed as reverb. As for the mic's three to four large diaphram condensers should do you. If you are getting reflections of over 50ms try soft sound absorbant curtains or if you can partition off the room try that, you could always try moving the choir to the centre of the room and micing from the front at about 8 ft from source.

 

[AGCurry]

Remember any sound reflection that is over 50 ms is classed as echo anything under that is classed as reverb. As for the mic's three to four large diaphram condensers should do you. If you are getting reflections of over 50ms try soft sound absorbant curtains or if you can partition off the room try that, you could always try moving the choir to the centre of the room and micing from the front at about 8 ft from source.

A pair of decent SMALL diaphragm condensers will yield better results, due to better off-axis response.

As far as echo/reverb, there's good reverb and bad reverb. Choirs are often recorded in very reverberant rooms on purpose. It all depends on what the echo/reverberation does to the source sound. The "clap test" will tell you this. The acoustic paneling will do little to tame echo. The idea of moving the choir within the room and/or subdividing the room with curtains could be useful.

 

[giraffe]

whats it called when you xy a pair of figure 8's?
(if you know what i mean) i never remember the terminology.

any way, i try that, halfway between the piano and the tenors
and aiming one lobe directly at the sopranos, the rest should fall into place.

after i tried that i'd probably like to try something that worked

seriously, i have no idea if that would sound at all good, it's just my first impulse.
you really just gotta try a couple things and see what works, good luck.