On 11/08/2017 10:00, Don Pearce wrote:
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:28:10 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Well, I still find that recordings of orchestras with a pair of mikes sounds
more realistic. However in other situations, as some instruments are quiet
compared to others, I can see why they need close miking.

Also of course there is the background noise whether it be audio in a venue
or just hiss.
I have heard some awful Piano recordings where the his plays along as if a
noise gate is being used at a low level. Church organ recordings are often
very audio noisy, as one cannot move a church away from traffic and
sometimes the pump can be heard and with dodgy microphone placement the
chuffing noises are out of proportion to the notes.. Also of course both
piano and Organs have huge dynamic ranges.
With more popular recordings one obviously uses some compression. Some are
bad and you can hear it, others more sane and nice sounding!


However even some pop recordings from eh past made by emi, seem to have a
lot of problems with the pop effect, which were no obvious back in the day
on a scratchy 45!
Brian

Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata


Impressive!

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Cheers, Rob