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Old 4th November 2005   #4
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Originally Posted by Timothy Lawler
Well I don't know what you should do but what I'd do is move the mic's back a few feet so they're picking up the whole instrument in a balanced way L/R to get a more true stereo rendering. I usually record in ORTF for acoustic and classical gtr and if the mic's are too close it comes out, to my ear, more as just 2 channel close mic'ing rather than a real stereo soundstage. Just my 2c.

Tim

I am about to do some acoustic tracking and I am a total noob. Could you explaing what ORTF is?

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