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Old 1st November 2012   #4
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double ditto... with the emphasis on getting it right with the ORTF pair and using the piano spot and ambience mic only if absolutely necessary. If your placement is good, you should be fine without them and since it's not so critical a situation, I would personally just go with the pair since any deviation from an ideal balance is liable to be small with sufficient soundcheck. Also, if the group is small, you may want to error on the side of distant/more room verb if you want the group to sound bigger than it actually is, but amount of verb is always a personal choice regardless of the size of the choir. I wouldn't bother with theoretical calculations so much as doing what sounds good to you and your client.
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