Imphenzia

I have become somewhat comfortable with different stereo techniques even though I still have very much to learn and even more to master. I took the opportunity to purchase a variety of fireworks and rigged an array of microphones in a somewhat remote location while it was still daylight on new years eve. In total I brought 10 microphones that I placed in different stereo and mono configurations ranging from a fairly close distance of 25 meters, to a remote distance of 100 meters. It will likely come a time when I write a full post about the fireworks field recording session but for now I'd like to focus on two pair of microphones in particular; a pair of Sennheiser MKH 8040 cardioid microphones arranged in the ORTF ( Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française ) stereo configuration, and a mid-side (M/S) setup consisting of a Schoeps CCM41 supercardioid and a Schoeps CCM8 figure 8 microphone. ORTF Most of my stereo recordings so far have been ORTF recordings which is probably the...