"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Calling spot micing a tiny fraction of the musicians "multi micing" seems
to confuse the issue.


No. Once you add a spot you have entered the realm of
multi-mic technique, in trying to compensate for the
problems in producing a satisfactory recording from the
ensemble's own acoustic balance.

It puts the whole thing into a totally new perspective
and it is a very short step to adding a second, third and fourth
spot each to compensate for the one before. It's a slippery
slope to section mics and then individual mics.

Depending upon the project, that may or may not be a good
thing:-)

Iain