At 11:33 02/04/2012, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote: >On 2 Apr 2012, at 17:57, Eero Aro <eero....@dlc.fi> wrote: > >> Because Nimbus Records devoted themselves strictly to one point >> miking, they didn't record any operas, as the singers, choir and the >> orchestra are scattered in a large area and you cannot get a good >> balance with one point miking. > >Sorry, that's bogus. When I go to the Opera, I sit at ONE SPOT. >IF there's anything as a good seat in the opera house in question, >where people in the audience can listen to a well balanced live >performance, then that means there is a spot for single-point recording.
I made a recording with a Blumlein fig-8 pair of a performance of Rheingold in an opera house some years ago and it sounded very well balanced.
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