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Old 16th December 2008   #1
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Question Recording Recital using AT PZM mics help?

Hello,
I am about to record classical recital in a medium-sized church with decent amount of reverb.
My choice of equipment is :

(2) Audio Technica PZM's (not sure how to place them, how to spread them apart, the best placement and such, and they have a background hum too, although sound natural) any suggestions ?

My other microphone options are:
(2) Rode K2 (Tried them in the same space before, didn't like the sound: MySpace.com - Ethnotronik(Roko Djokovic) - New york, New York - Classical / Electronica / Experimental - www.myspace.com/ethnotronik the tracks are LASI and Carolina Tango)

I also got:
(1) AT 4033
(1) AKG C4000b
(1) MXL Small Diaphrame condenser
(1) V67 MXL


Any suggestions what would be the best selection of these and placement as I'm only using 2 inputs on crapy M-box I going to Ableton Live
Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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You are going to want to use a stereo pair, but you only have a pair of the PZMs and K2s. How were the K2s setup last time? You might just want to try a different setup, such as Blumlein.

I don't use PZMs but someone might chime in...I can't imagine a scenario that they would sound good as free-field mics.

You could also go for a stereo setup with two different mics and see what happens. The v67 and C4000b would probably be the closest match? Or maybe the 4033 instead of the C4000b.
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I am not sure I like the color of K2's
Last time I had them spaced in cardioid 6 feet from the source and 6-8 feet apart.

I was thinking making the MS pair out of C4000b and MXL small diaphrame. Would that be a good idea?
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Oh, I didn't realize the C4000b was multi-pattern. Yeah, sounds like a plan.
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Thanks for the encouragement.
Although I think MXL 991 sounds pretty good, my only concern is AKG4000b
sounds kind of dark and bassy...
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