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Re: Recording in pubs
Concertinas are certainly very important!
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Re: Recording in pubs
Accordian to CC they are 

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Re: Recording in pubs
According to this Jeffries duet concertina player too...
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Re: Recording in pubs
Actually no, I don't play in the Carols Band. As one of the organisers I do much of the rushing around sorting issues as they arise and keeping things running smoothly. I suspect Gavin knows what I mean.
My wife has much more fun than I do ...

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My wife has much more fun than I do ...

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Re: Recording in pubs
forumuser915213 wrote:According to this Jeffries duet concertina player too...
Jeffries duet? Much respect! We had a Jeffries duet player along at the session tonight by co-incidence and that was the first one I've seen for a good few months. Nice one!
(We had a MacCann duet as well as anglos a-plenty and a couple of Englishes. Our session is rich in concertina players).
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Re: Recording in pubs
It's only right to have a lot of fun at a pub carol sing!
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Re: Recording in pubs
I've used the Tascam DR-680 for recording a carol sing for the first time, using a crossed pair of cardioids and a spaced pair of omnis . as CC suggested. The spaced pair are were SP C4s and the omnis were Behringer B5s.
Here's the result: https://youtu.be/t7DUjQQi7Oc
I know this is YouTube, but I'm really quite pleased.
Some time I should set it up for use with a camera, I guess.
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Here's the result: https://youtu.be/t7DUjQQi7Oc
I know this is YouTube, but I'm really quite pleased.
Some time I should set it up for use with a camera, I guess.
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Re: Recording in pubs
Anyone who can master the duet concertina in any system deserves some sort of awestruck wonder from the musical community!
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I won't lie. I sort-of like it when people say things like that - but also worry that it will put future players off!!!
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I was thinking that this might be a good option as an audience mic arrangement for my live recordings this year. The ultra-wide image might work well as a backdrop for the dry recordings. In the end I went with a dedicated ORTF mic, mainly for ease of setting up.Mike Stranks wrote:I do recall a conversation that the Elf and I had a while back now where we scratched our heads about the effectiveness of an omni as a Mid - not that either of us had tried it then... don't know if he has since...
It still didn't prevent our resident keytar player tripping over the cable and sending the mic tumbling (from 18 inches - phew!) to the stage, though!


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Re: Recording in pubs
forumuser915213 wrote:I know this is YouTube, but I'm really quite pleased.
And I think you should be. Really quite nice and a good stereo spread.
Cheers,
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Very good recording. Everyone coming through as individuals and well placed.
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Mike Stranks wrote:[
That's interesting... I'd been wondering about an MS config... But I do recall a conversation that the Elf and I had a while back now where we scratched our heads about the effectiveness of an omni as a Mid - not that either of us had tried it then... don't know if he has since...
I've done M/S with an omni Mid mic. It works a treat when the performers are in a circle around the mics.
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You know, I should have realised well before this that I knew a Jeffries duet player called Gavin and that you must be he! My apologies for stupidity 
@Sam, Gavin is not only a duet player, he is a very fine duet player!
Cheers,
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@Sam, Gavin is not only a duet player, he is a very fine duet player!
Cheers,
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Re: Recording in pubs
***Blush*** And that's a home recording! Gavin
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Re: Recording in pubs
Crikey. Good work!
Do you by any chance know Lea Nicholson?
Do you by any chance know Lea Nicholson?
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Re: Recording in pubs
The Elf wrote:I was thinking that this might be a good option as an audience mic arrangement for my live recordings this year. The ultra-wide image might work well as a backdrop for the dry recordings. In the end I went with a dedicated ORTF mic, mainly for ease of setting up.Mike Stranks wrote:I do recall a conversation that the Elf and I had a while back now where we scratched our heads about the effectiveness of an omni as a Mid - not that either of us had tried it then... don't know if he has since...
It still didn't prevent our resident keytar player tripping over the cable and sending the mic tumbling (from 18 inches - phew!) to the stage, though!![]()
18 inches? My 'worst' was 2.5 metres onto a concrete floor

I tend to have standardised on hard-panned widely spaced cardioids for audience mics... often these days my Line Audio hypocardioids. Sometimes you can get a bit of a 'hole in the middle', but not unduly so. I actually quite like that as it lets you keep the atmos mics in the mix, but leaves space for the performers in the middle - I don't like extreme panning of mono sources.
Well done on the recording OP! There is something particularly satisfying about capturing these live events and making a permanent record of them.
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Sam Inglis wrote:Crikey. Good work!
Do you by any chance know Lea Nicholson?
Julie and I did it with three t.bone SC450s and what now seems a very old Tascam 8-track.
I'm sorry to say I don't. I've seen him play once or twice, and thought him a very clever musician.
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Re: Recording in pubs
I seem to be Facebook friends with Lea Nicholson but I've never met him. His LP Horse Music is good if you can find it but I don't think it ever made its way to CD.
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Ah, I wasn't sure how close-knit the guild of master concertina players was! Lea lives around these parts and I see him now and again. He has a concertina once more after many years of not owning one -- but he is also very into electronic instruments and computer music.
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