| Thanks Boojum,
Indeed the "behind conductor and 9 to 15 feet up" is so common and useful a starting point as to be textbook after many decades...it's certainly my preferred main pair location ! Indeed J.Jecklin also suggested it in his initial notes to the smaller spaced (16-17cms) disk pair. At 36 cms spacing with omni mics I doubt very much whether straight ahead or angled placement of the omnis is going to make a lot of difference...except for altering the on or off axis behaviour a little ? I suspect the 60 degrees could pertain more to a pointing up/down angle from horizontal rather than a divergence from straight ahead/ parallel to the ground ? In that sense you could favour or discriminate against the front of a choir or orchestra compared with the rear...depending upon the off axis behaviour of your omni pair ? Thank you for the translation...I was wondering if it was a 'hangover' from his earlier (17 cms spacing) notes, because in the photos of commercial disks from Josephson and other makers you often see the mic bodies splayed out at around 60 degrees ? Well I have my sheepskin...now need to get some glue...is a dead central position with respect to the width of the disc the best placement for the mic diaphragms ? |