Recording a handbell choir

Clueless · 27th February 2005

I went searching the gearslutz archives for info about recording a handbell choir, and was amazed to see that the search term "handbell" scored zero matches.

I googled around, and this appears to be the most/best info I could find. Anybody with more experience want to update with theirs?

Recording Handbell Choirs

Don S · 28th February 2005

I just did a recording with handbell choir. Use he church's sanctuary iff possible. Put the choir in a U shape and a pair of spaced omnis. Start about 6 feet back and 9 feet up and use your ears until you hear a balance. Leave lots of headroom! The dynamic range is huge, plus the noise floor will be an issue. Make sure they turn off Heat/AC and check for flourescent lights. Try to monitor outside of the room. Best of luck!

Don

Clueless · 28th February 2005

Thanks Don!

I should add that I'm not sure I can get the handbell choir into a U shape (strange sancturary space). They are all in a line, about 6' in front of a (very tall) wall, about 2' in front of a row a pews leading down to the center of the church. How many mics, placed where, would you use for this situation?

Anybody?

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Clueless Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 1,663 Thread Starter 1 Review written	Recording a handbell choir I went searching the gearslutz archives for info about recording a handbell choir, and was amazed to see that the search term "handbell" scored zero matches. I googled around, and this appears to be the most/best info I could find. Anybody with more experience want to update with theirs? Recording Handbell Choirs

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Don S Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,304	I just did a recording with handbell choir. Use he church's sanctuary iff possible. Put the choir in a U shape and a pair of spaced omnis. Start about 6 feet back and 9 feet up and use your ears until you hear a balance. Leave lots of headroom! The dynamic range is huge, plus the noise floor will be an issue. Make sure they turn off Heat/AC and check for flourescent lights. Try to monitor outside of the room. Best of luck! Don