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I tend to agree. I like music first, the rest comes secondary. When I'm working on a recording myself however, then I'll do whatever I feel it needs. I use EQ, I use compression, I've even used saturation! All of my recordings are archival, so you're always working within a set of boundaries anyhow.

Yes, exactly. Not snake oil necessarily, but other pitfalls coming down to (questionable) subjective opinions, without feeling the need to consult, much less appreciate the science on sound reproduction that has been done. It’s a bit like with sound reproduction itself: speakers are by far the...

Here's a typical orchestral modern studio microphone layout for those interested. THe "tree" and "wide" microphones are what we call the main mics, after the Decca tradition. They are practically exclusively diffuse field equalized omnis (Neumann M50 or modern equivalent)

General comment as someone who has in recent years entered the world of recording orchestral music: the world of recording is as much subject to nonsense as the rest of the audio world. Music recording (and the whole production process) is extremely subjective, as it's as much a part of the...

Everything gets 'tweaked' at one point or another. It depends on how you interpret it. Choice and especially position of microphones for starters is often tweaked on the spot based on what is heard in the control room.

Sample from a live concert (voice & organ) recorded by a friend, mixed by myself. Recorded and processed at 96kHz. Please note there was a voltage drop at 6:13 which gave a little buzzing sound (be warned).

This looks like a very sensible design. I think I recognize the planar.. Funny coincidence, I was thinking a while ago of how to solve (well, work around..) the issue of a dedicated center channel which I can only fit beneath my screen (slanted sealing), which simply does not work well...

Due to a lack of time, I'm selling my Directiva R2 prototypes and remaining parts Set contains one pair of Directiva R2 prototypes, one pair of Wavecor SW18BD03 and one pair of Hypex FA253. Since I unfortunately lost much of my data of previous projects, you will have to remeasure the...

How does the wide(ish) front affect the baffle step, Rick?

NoHype for sure!

And the community cannot thank you enough for the work you've done, and are still doing. Legend.

"Smoothed 9/octave" - Does this imply 1/9 octave smoothing?

I don't disagree with any of this per se, but to me ambiance does not equal depth. I would not put M/S in the same discussion as there is an artificial TOA difference. I have used double 8s in Blumlein and M/S as mains and complemented them with with other mics, with very nice results under the...

Unless I'm mistaken, Chesky is small ensembles though. The inherent weakness I'm talking about is most apparent with large groups. Think orchestras. Coincident pairs of any kind as mains leave you with a very 2 dimensional with little depth. Don't get me wrong. I love a nice ribbon (or 2), and...

This may work reasonably well for simple recordings, but I'm just gonna quote, since I can't explain it any better: And yes, I'm well aware of level differences, but nonetheless a coincident pair of microphones will leave you with a very 2D image. Not saying they do not have their place, but...

Many thanks!

Is there a practical approach to determing the shading levels for a given arc? Looking up CBT designs I see quite a bit of variation in the shading used for a given arc, in the number of banks but also the relative dB.

This behaviour alone shows what kind of person you are dealing with. All he does is bait, and switch the narrative when it doesn't go his way. Which is quite often it seems. You can tell this is someone who needs to be in absolute control of everything at all times, typical of narcissists of...

He has removed all of Amir's responses on his Tekton facebook page. Edit: they appear to be back up - either my two devices erred on me, or something else is going on. Meanwhile he's still refusing to bring out any data of his own or his methodology. It's arguing with a child.

Talk about doubling down