"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"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.

A very good point well made - if only the 'lurkers' would think a little
before they swung in on the latest rope the likes of Anus and his Pooch
had set up for them!


I posted a link in my previous post to illustrate
the point. Up to now, David seems to find it
impossible to accept that the technical requirements
and listener expectations for a big band recording
are totally different to a classical project.

This is understandable.

Talking about it, and actually doing it to meet the
requirements of professional producers, clients,
musicians, and discerning listeners are two very
different things:-)



Exactly. For ages, the Googlers, cut & pasters and yappers here banked on
no-one with actual *hands on* turning up....