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Old February 16th 10, 08:03 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Dave Plowman (News)
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Default Right up Amy's street....

In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
If you listen to the finest live or studio big band
recordings from the mid fifties onwards, Ellington,
Basie, Kenton,Woody Herman Ted Heath etc,
(Ellington At Newport 1956 is a perfect example)
you will find they are all multi mic. Ask yourself
why, if a simple pair alone would suffice.


One day you'll accept I was talking about perhaps the heyday of the big
band - the 20s and 30s. You however immediately talk about 30 years plus
later. And electronics moved on a long way in that time.

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