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Thanks Jörn for your reply.
On 06/19/2010 09:18 AM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:

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> large diaphragms are mostly show-off, in my experience. good large

> capsules can be quite nice, but they are expensive to manufacture, and

> their directivity patterns are a sad joke. if you're on a tight budget,

> go small diaphragm. i like the røde nt55. for 500€, you get a matched

> pair with cardioids *and* swappable omni capsules.

>

> after having heard a direct comparison, i'm now pretty convinced that

> the only way to record an organ is with omnis or very wide cardioids, as

> main mikes, due to their extended low frequency response. with

> cardioids, no matter how good, you are simply missing two octaves at the

> bottom, where the nice 32' oomph is.

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Unfortunately the organ at this church only has a 16' pedal :( In any

case I don't want to be throwing any of those lovely deep frequencies away.
I've never used omnis in any situation before, but I'll see if I can

rent some to see if they give good results before buying. I don't have a

lot of money to spend on volunteering at the church, but I would like to

produce the best results possible with the available funds.
> if you can't use omnis because of the reverb situation or because they

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> pick up nasty echoes from the choir, you will have to use a shelf eq to

> bring the 32' back to where it belongs, but that can be difficult.

>

> depending on the configuration of the organ, having another pair at 4-5m

> height to capture the upper stops can be useful.

>

> if you're not looking for very precise localisation, just pleasant

> spaciousness, AB miking rather than XY is the technique of choice. with

> large sounding bodies such as orchestras or organs, it has the

> additional advantage of more uniform coverage as the spacing increases.

> (finding just one spot where all parts of the sounding body have good

> balance can be hard.)

> using two (or even three) omnis on an organ, spaced several meters

> apart, is not uncommon.

>    

Thanks for this tip also. AB is a bit more tricky, because one

microphone would have to be either side of the aisle, and the

powers-that-be are not keen on having cables strung around with a full

church. I'll see what I can do...
If anyone is interested, I've written this up in a post on my blog, with

a diagram of mic placement and some sample recordings using condensers

and dynamics. Any feedback (whether as blog comments, or replies on this

list) would be very welcome.
http://blog.jonathangazeley.com/2010/06/recording-a-pipe-organ-and-choir...
Cheers,

Jonathan

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