Thanks for your reply Harvey,
If I end up doing it (which I hope to), it will be a recording session, no congregation/audience. Full control. Recording to roland vs840ex (8 track, data compressed) via mackie vlz (non-pro) for pre's. I was thinking that the 603's would be the way to go. I would love to get hold of a pair of ecm8000's, but my mic-purchase budget is all used up, and they cost about $100 US each here!!! The room seats about 800 people, and is arranged as a lower main floor (roughly U-shaped with the organ at the top of the U in the middle, very roughly 30x50metres) and a U-shaped mezzanine. Recording equipment can be placed anywhere within reason! Monitoring, well, I have a pair of Yorkville YSM1p's, and some
BeyerDynamic DT250 cans. And it will be little inexperienced me in charge of the session.
I was thinking about trying out the middle of the mezzanine, as it's about the same height as the pipes, maybe 30 metres back. One thing that might prove problematic (certainly with omnis) is that the room is a church, which is at the top of the main street of Auckland, so traffic noise may be a problem. Do you think I could get away with closer, say 5metres back from the organ?
Thanks so much for your help,
Steve