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Originally Posted by Corran  Wow, nice! Doesn't that mean the instrument locations in the stereo field would be opposite of how they actually were on stage? Since the mic would be looking at them "backwards." |
No, the mic is pointing in the same direction as usual, and is summing what is in front and in back of it, like recording a concert with the music in front and the audience in back. In this case between the instruments and singer(s) there was a space of a few feet, the singers being on a typical stage-like platform in the front of the church (which probably has a technical name rather than "stage"), and the musicians on the floor.
The church is too reverberant, noisy, and crowded, and the conducter too noisy, for easily recording in a more standard way.
"In these situations I often prefer a real ORTF.
Here are some samples of a recent concert ( Magnificat - Bach ) recorded with a single pair of sdc in ORTF"
Very smooth, symetrical sound, but with the strings sounding slightly synthetic. I'm curious about which mics you used.