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niquest · 29th August 2007

Hi,
a couple of months ago I spent a day mixing a multitrack live recording of the exact same thing you are planning to do. The thing I missed most was a real grip on the sax. The guy had been moving away from his stationary LDC a lot and all the ambience I needed already came out of the drum OHs. When he played too softly, bringing up the sax screwed up my drum sound.
So the next time I recorded something similar (larger band but live and in a pretty reverberant place, too) I got a clip-on miniature for the sax (accidentally a sanken). This totally saved my day. I mean it never sounded great on its own but together with the stationary (dynamic this time) it was cool and no phase issues either. Hope you find this useful, if you haven't already done the recording anyway.

29th August 2007	#16
niquest Gear Head Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Berlin Posts: 66	yet another recommendation Hi, a couple of months ago I spent a day mixing a multitrack live recording of the exact same thing you are planning to do. The thing I missed most was a real grip on the sax. The guy had been moving away from his stationary LDC a lot and all the ambience I needed already came out of the drum OHs. When he played too softly, bringing up the sax screwed up my drum sound. So the next time I recorded something similar (larger band but live and in a pretty reverberant place, too) I got a clip-on miniature for the sax (accidentally a sanken). This totally saved my day. I mean it never sounded great on its own but together with the stationary (dynamic this time) it was cool and no phase issues either. Hope you find this useful, if you haven't already done the recording anyway.