Violin/Cello/Vox, One Pass, One small room....

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Greetings,

I have an unusual project coming up I'd like to hear some opinions on.

I am recording a sort of ambient musical group who performs as background music for yoga studios. They largely improvise off one another in various keys and such, so recording each instrument individually is not an option. I will need to get them all at once with no OD.

I have good mics, good pres, and a well treated room. It is fairly small though, 9x11 in real working floor space for musicians.

I have two thoughts on this to start.

1 mic each, with the mics placed in an equilateral triangle so that phase anomalies are kept to a minimum.

Set them up in a semicircle and x/y them with LDC.

Any tips on what might give me a better result?

Thanks in advance...
 
maybe one each, like you said but also a couple of room mics and use the bleed you'll get to advantage. Like bringing the room mics up just under the volume of the other mics.

and for an fyi, I've had to spend a bit more time on the room mics than the other mics just tryin to find the sweet spot. So maybe keep that under consideration if you decide to try the room mics.

just a thought...
 
Do you trust them to play exactly what they want to hear? To control their own dynamics and mix on their own like real professional musicians? Do you feel some need to do something to the mix just to say that you did, or are you willing to just take what they give you and present it in the best light possible.

Me, given decent musicians who have been doing it for a while, I'd just go with a stereo pair. Sounds like a pretty easy gig.
 
My impression is that they are at mixed stages of evolution.

My reason for thinking of individual mics was so that I could do some level mixing if needed, and perhaps individual panning and eq, not necessarily because I feel I should. Just to keep the options open on being able to use a performance that they were happy with, even if the balance was a bit skewed.
 
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