Recording Gospel Choir

[goodjohnys]

Hi all..

I´m starting to record a gospel choir in my studio..the choir have 6 womans and 5 mans,they want to record all in one voice and then record the mens singing another voice,and women singing another voice, and each song has one part solo by a woman or a men.I have rode nt5 matched pair,an adkTL,and another SD condenser.How can I record the choir?With the rodes spaced pair,one take the 1 voice and then another take with the other voices?Please can anyone help me?

Thankx in advance.

[Sirmixarock]

I recorded a Gospel Choir in Kansas City about a year ago with awesome results but it was a bit smaller than yours. When you say one voice, you mean all of the singers will be in unison on the first pass???

If they are singing different parts I would try to split them up a bit, 1 mic on Sporano's, 1 mic on Alto's, 1 mic on Tenors etc. Set them up as they are comfortable, usually a semi-circle, and then put your stereo pair up as an overall Stereo Picture to capture the whole group. Then you can re-use that stereo pair for the individual overdubs of parts. Doubling the 1st pass might be desireable as well.

Grab your 1 best microphone for the soloist and make sure you've got some decent compression because they tend to whale a bit.

Good Luck!!