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Old 7th September 2005   #8
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Originally Posted by justinhedrick
what is the ORTF or the "recorder man" setup? I like to put a pair spaced out front, one looking at the left side of the drum kit and one looking at the right. I try not to get alot of high hat in either......what would you call that?
What your doing is called a spaced pair.

ORTF is a stereo miking setup, not unlike XY or MS. Go and search. Read. Learn.

The "recorderman" setup is from a guy who posts under the name 'recorderman' who has a specific way of measuring and placing the microphones. At one point he described it in detail, probably a lot of other people have too. It works pretty well for a quickie default stereo setup but I've found that I need to spend a lot of time tweaking the placement once I get mics roughed in.
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