Playing the first track. Very nice. What's the single microphone? I'm guessing near-coincident, large diaphragm condenser but haven't seen that particular model before.
Edit: I see that info is in the end credits, it 's a Joesephson c700s:
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Stereo pressure and gradient microphone - includes cables, and Pelican brand hard case
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The above 3 are all single mic recordings.
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"I think our ears are much more sensitive to phase errors than we are aware of.
The obvious solution to avoid phase errors is to record the whole band from one point.
But until recently I have not experienced a microphone that was up to the task. Drums and piano sounded too distant and the sound stage did not reflect what I heard standing in front of the band.
The first thing that impressed me about the Josephson C700S was the natural sound of the mic and the sound off axis. This is what makes the difference between a good microphone and an average microphone. Secondly the microphone is quite unique, it has three capsules instead of the more common two.
So when recording with Josephson C700S, instead of placing microphones at the instruments we now place the instruments around the microphone.
Mixing is no longer possible. We have to create the complete sound stage at the spot by carefully moving each instrument closer or further away as well as left and right in relationship to the microphone.
The benefits of this way of working is that the result is completely free of phase errors and that the sound is very natural with a wide soundstage with a lot of depth.
So far all musicians have been struck by the incredible authenticity of the recordings and that they never heard their instrument sound so real and lively."
Frans de Rond