Sunday, December 18, 2005

12.18.2005 LIVE BARN RECORDINGS CONTINUE

The IGF Entertainment Barn Music Series recordings have continued through the fall season with performances by Lauren Hoffman, Nell Bryden and Robin O'Herin. I have continued doing these recordings with a stereo pair of Shure SM81s, mounted in an X-Y pattern just below the "hay loft". Though the results of this placement yield a pleasing "recorded live" ambience, I am exploring options for alternate mic placements. I'd like to get the microphones closer to the performance without being obtrusive to the artist and audience. Plans are underway to rig a mounting system, which will be suspended from the vaulted ceiling. Pictured here is Lauren Hoffman, as seen from just above where the mics were placed.