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Last night I saw a show broadcast on a local Kentucky PBS station featuring the musicians who did the sound track for the movie "O'Brother Where Art Thou". The stage of a theater was set with a hodge podge of 6 or 8 large condencer and ribbon mikes placed around on floor stands. All the musicians played acoustic instruments and/or sang unaugmented. No one was ever closer than a half meter to any mike and then only if they had a featured passage.
The sound was wonderfully ballanced and full. I was so pleasantly surprised to see what at first appeared to be a cobbled together setup from several pawn shops be so brilliant. It made the talent of the performers really show through clearly.
It was also refreshing to see a performance with no Lasers, pyrothechics, background dance troup, and ego much larger than the performers' talent crowding the stage.
I have read many of you talk about mike placement and selection. Intellectually, I understand the physics behind it, but watching this performance, it struck home how it really works. The sound people were fantastic. They were nearly seemlessly quick to adjust for any imballance. The performers obvious talent sure helped, and without stage monitors too.
So, is this how you guys make the magic happen?
The sound was wonderfully ballanced and full. I was so pleasantly surprised to see what at first appeared to be a cobbled together setup from several pawn shops be so brilliant. It made the talent of the performers really show through clearly.
It was also refreshing to see a performance with no Lasers, pyrothechics, background dance troup, and ego much larger than the performers' talent crowding the stage.
I have read many of you talk about mike placement and selection. Intellectually, I understand the physics behind it, but watching this performance, it struck home how it really works. The sound people were fantastic. They were nearly seemlessly quick to adjust for any imballance. The performers obvious talent sure helped, and without stage monitors too.
So, is this how you guys make the magic happen?