[pkautzsch]

Hi folks,
this is a short sample of a recording I did a few weeks ago at a festival in a 1960s German church seating about 1,000 which replaced a neo-gothic church that was destroyed in World War II.
They are very strict about mic stands (not that strict about DIY light stands which did blind some of the audience, though...), so I had to suspend nearly everything. The only mic stand visible to the audience was for the timpani mic.

Mics were:
-- Pair of KM183 about 12 ft above the 4th row
-- Three Straus packets (KM184 cardioid, MBHO MBP604 w/KA100 omni cap) in a sort-of "Mercury/Cozart" setup between first and second row of strings, also about 12 ft high
-- Pair of CMC6 w/MK21 wide cardioid capsule about 8ft over 3rd choir row, pointed to last row (and about 3ft higher than last row)
-- AT3035 for some double bass presence
-- Oktava 219 for two timpani, nearly not used in mix
-- two MBHO 604/100s taped to the stage for unobtrusive soloist spots - unfortunately two rich ladies in the first row hung their warm fur coats right over those two mics!!! (still, there was something useable coming out with lots of EQ)
All went to two Audient ASP008 pres w/Adat output, into Fostex D2424 and laptop-based Nuendo.

Here are two pics, one setup, one showtime, and of course the mp3 file.
Soloist and instrument spots were used on very low levels, the main sound comes from the Straus threesome and the choir mics, plus a little fullness from row 4.