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Originally Posted by Jim vanBergen  I dunno... if it HAD to be close miked, I'd try a spaced pair of Shure VP64 omni dynamics, and an ORTF pair of 57's... worse things have happened. But I'm sure he's planning on doing eight channels to multitrack! |
Yes that's exactly what we're thinking right now. Just run 8 mics and then take it home and see what works and what doesn't. Maybe we capture magic somehow in the mixing of a couple mics...With 8 mics pointed at the bells I'm hoping we get something good!
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Originally Posted by Remoteness If you must close mic those bells consider pointing them away from the bells instead of at them.
Give it a shot -- You never know, it may sound good enough to record. |
I actually thought about that this afternoon, but it seemed like kind of a weird idea because most of our mics are directional. Would you point a card away from the bells (maybe pointing out at the courtyard?) and expect to get pretty good results? I don't know because I've never tried it. It's certainly something to consider though, if you think there might be some benefit to it. I suppose it would capture some of the ambience that the other mics might miss?
Our mic locker is pretty sparse at the moment (we're really just getting this thing into high gear as a real side business although we've been recording for years) so for mics we're bringing an MC930 pair (cards), an MC740 pair (multipattern LD) and the Avenson pair (omni). Probably add a dynamic for low bells as well, although I'm not sure.
My thought was to use the 930's overhead to capture the top bells, and the 740's below for the low bells (maybe in wide cardioid mode?) with the Avensons in the middle on the left and right. Would we have a lot of phase issues trying something like this?
Would a ribbon be a good choice as another dynamic?
Questions, questions, questions. I've got a lot on my mind this weekend, and this gig is actually the least of my worries!
Thanks for all the suggestions so far!
Dirk