New to orchestra style recording/mixing - help, comments wanted

TyRip · 25th May 2005

This is my first attempt at recording a large concert style group. It is a 16 piece brass ensemble that also has bass, drums, and keys on a couple tracks.

I am most concerned about panning - getting good stereo space and not sounding too artificial. Let me know if you think I got the panning right or not.

Any other comments are welcome and appreciated as well.

Thanks guys.

Tyler

PS - in case you were wondering, the song Olivet is a clip - it is stopped short to keep the file size down.

tnelson494 · 26th May 2005

Who.. Jazz band flashbacks

. Sounds nice very roomy. I havn't realy listened to this kind of stuff in a while but it sounded pretty good. I had a good stereo impretion. After the Incredibles movie i've been itch'n to pull out my old high school tapes... thanks.

mattashman · 26th May 2005

I'm curious how many mics you used on this recording. Was it recorded live all together?

TyRip · 27th May 2005

Thanks for the replies.

This was done in a spaced pair in omni pattern.

It was all tracked together in a medium sized church sanctuary. This was a community group of mostly all high school students. Actually it was all one take except for one of the four songs they did which was recorded twice.

Thanks again, keep the comments coming.

TyRip · 27th May 2005

Oh, I forgot. I did have to blend the keyboard in direct and I also miced up the bass amp, but they are at very low levels and are sitting down low in the mix as well...

Tyler

26th May 2005	#2
tnelson494 Gear Head Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Black river falls, WI Posts: 58	Who.. Jazz band flashbacks . Sounds nice very roomy. I havn't realy listened to this kind of stuff in a while but it sounded pretty good. I had a good stereo impretion. After the Incredibles movie i've been itch'n to pull out my old high school tapes... thanks. __________________ That is not dead which can not die and with strange eons even death may die....H.P. Lovecraft

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mattashman Gear interested Joined: May 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 16	I'm curious how many mics you used on this recording. Was it recorded live all together? __________________ Matt Ashman

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27th May 2005	#4
TyRip Gear addict Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Canton, OH Posts: 320 Thread Starter	Thanks for the replies. This was done in a spaced pair in omni pattern. It was all tracked together in a medium sized church sanctuary. This was a community group of mostly all high school students. Actually it was all one take except for one of the four songs they did which was recorded twice. Thanks again, keep the comments coming.