SouthBySoWhat
Well-known member
Hi there,
On a personal note... Well, it finally happened. The day before my 8th anniversary as a multimedia guy (mostly VO session recording, DVD auth and occasional video shoots) for a large textbook publisher, our entire department was let go (more outsourcing). As we've been bought and sold repeatedly for the last few years, it's actually a relief to be done with the whole mess. My last day is 080108 and I plan to finally take the plunge as a freelance location sound fella (something I've wanted to do for a good while but unable to clone myself). As I am to receive 4 months of severance, that will hopefully be a buffer to get networked up a bit.
Enough of that, let's get on with the question!
I did a gig last night, 2 cam shoot for a hillside outdoor concert (Indian raga stuff with an awesome 4 piece string section, tabla, djembe and dancers). I had thought about just doing an X-Y with 2 Oktavas, but I only own one BBG and the wind was a bit unpredictable.
I decided to go with a MS Stereo setup, using an Oktava MC012 for the M channel and an AT4050 in figure 8 for the S channel. These were run into my 302 in MS mode, then out to a MicroTrack (my HD P2 didn't show up until today, dagnabbit). The board feed went into cam 1 and I had a 416 on cam 2 for ref/safety. I used a windjammer on the 4050 and a softie on the 416. Luckily we were able to catch a good 10 minutes of their soundcheck so I was able to have it dialed from the get-go. The board feed (XLR outs Mackie SR 24.4) was really good so combining the ambience of the MS setup with it is going to sound terrific, methinks (I'll post the aud after the editor is through assembling).
That's the context, my question is thus:
Fearing potential wind problems, I decided to go ahead and roll off the 4050 to 160 and left the Oktava flat, then adjusted the level of the S channel to taste. Can anyone think of a reason to not do this? I realize for music recording roll off isn't recommended, but for this config it seems like it would be fine as the Oktava was flat and picking up the lower freqs fine. It sounds great (which I suppose answers my own question), but I'd love some input from folks who use this technique regularly.
Sorry for the verbose post, but I always enjoy it when you guys riff on the minutiae of your setups.
Take care,
Sean
On a personal note... Well, it finally happened. The day before my 8th anniversary as a multimedia guy (mostly VO session recording, DVD auth and occasional video shoots) for a large textbook publisher, our entire department was let go (more outsourcing). As we've been bought and sold repeatedly for the last few years, it's actually a relief to be done with the whole mess. My last day is 080108 and I plan to finally take the plunge as a freelance location sound fella (something I've wanted to do for a good while but unable to clone myself). As I am to receive 4 months of severance, that will hopefully be a buffer to get networked up a bit.
Enough of that, let's get on with the question!
I did a gig last night, 2 cam shoot for a hillside outdoor concert (Indian raga stuff with an awesome 4 piece string section, tabla, djembe and dancers). I had thought about just doing an X-Y with 2 Oktavas, but I only own one BBG and the wind was a bit unpredictable.
I decided to go with a MS Stereo setup, using an Oktava MC012 for the M channel and an AT4050 in figure 8 for the S channel. These were run into my 302 in MS mode, then out to a MicroTrack (my HD P2 didn't show up until today, dagnabbit). The board feed went into cam 1 and I had a 416 on cam 2 for ref/safety. I used a windjammer on the 4050 and a softie on the 416. Luckily we were able to catch a good 10 minutes of their soundcheck so I was able to have it dialed from the get-go. The board feed (XLR outs Mackie SR 24.4) was really good so combining the ambience of the MS setup with it is going to sound terrific, methinks (I'll post the aud after the editor is through assembling).
That's the context, my question is thus:
Fearing potential wind problems, I decided to go ahead and roll off the 4050 to 160 and left the Oktava flat, then adjusted the level of the S channel to taste. Can anyone think of a reason to not do this? I realize for music recording roll off isn't recommended, but for this config it seems like it would be fine as the Oktava was flat and picking up the lower freqs fine. It sounds great (which I suppose answers my own question), but I'd love some input from folks who use this technique regularly.
Sorry for the verbose post, but I always enjoy it when you guys riff on the minutiae of your setups.
Take care,
Sean
