Apologies for the lack of new material but the mobile and the studio are so busy at the moment that weve just not had time to put any new stuff up. We have some great new sessions waiting to go up and a sneak preview of a fantastic new compresser but thats all to come!!!!! In the meantime have a read about the first in our series of great mics under £100
Henwen
are Gillian Edwards, Fay Gillanders, Magda Phillips, Jill Sampson
and Rowena Sommerville a five piece acappella band from Whitby
in North Yorkshire. This session was a live audience studio recording
for a pilot arts TV programme presented by Ian McMillan and the
Reelsound mobile ran the sound for the event and recorded all
the artists and presenters so that the sound could be mixed in
post production. Various bands played on a small stage and there
was a mix of SM58s for the vocals and a variety of mics for different
instruments. The presenters were all fitted with Sennheiser radio
tie clips and I had a couple of different stereo mic set ups out
front to capture the general ambience and the audience which is
always a really important element in this type of recording.
For
more info on this recording visit www.henwen.co.uk
The
session
During
the rehearsals in the afternoon I had miked each of the
5 singers with a Shure SM58 as they wanted a mic each but
as I mixed the set it became pretty clear to me that the
pair of Rode
NT5s that I had placed about 10 feet in front of the
stage were giving by far the best stereo picture of the
band and in the end I mixed the Shures out but left them
there as comfort for the singers and on the night I just
ran the NT5s through the PA. Back in post I added a little
delay and a short plate reverb along with the intro from
the presenter and the applause at the end. Simple and very
nice, The NT5s are great for this type of recording when
you have a small focused group of singers or instrumentalists.
They are quiet and set in ORTF like this they give a really
nice precise stereo picture of what is in front of them.
While they can't really handle large choirs or orchestras
they are very good at this kind of thing and for the price
are a great buy.
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