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Originally Posted by
M50k
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Figure 8, especially ribbon, are worth considering since you're using four, and it's not a large choir.
'8' nulls aimed at the orch (so, height of the back row, and pointed down) will reject more than cards and whatever orch spill they do pick up will have a far more even response than cards at 180 degrees.
Here, for example, is @
TonyF
using Coles as flanks on choir behind orch:
The last recording project I did with orchestra and chorus was in January with the RPO and a children's choir - Finchley Children's Music Group - in Prokofiev's "Winter Bonfire".
We decided to have the choir behind the conductor to give closer contact to the conductor, and to help the choir hear the whole orchestra, not just the back of the orchestra.
I love ribbon mics and have a collection of Beyerdynamic, Rode, Royer and STC (i.e. pre-Coles) - listed in alphabetical order - all of which I love dearly. On this occasion I used a pair of RODE NTR's for the choir.
Before anyone asks, they are RODE NTR's I bought on REVERB.