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Recording Secrets for the Small Studio, 2nd Edition
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Recording Secrets for the Small Studio, 2nd Edition

by Mike Senior
November 2022
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
18h 50m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 10 Adding Spot Arrays

DOI: 10.4324/9781003274896-15

The primary aim of a dominant array is to capture an ensemble performance holistically, warts and all. Clearly, some flattery is possible via sensitive mic selection/positioning, but none of the techniques we talked about in Chapter 9 will bail you out if a barbershop group's bass singer is struggling to project his lowest notes; if you're trying to give a big-band's rhythm section more definition on record than they have in the live room; if an orchestra's clarinets sound dull; or if a jazz pianist isn't differentiating between their rhythm and solo parts sufficiently. For all those jobs you need spot mics/arrays that pick up a specific instrument/section with more isolation, allowing ...

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