12-14-07 Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble
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Round two at the Shove Chapel. A great space with good sounds, but with older buildings comes power and wiring nightmares. I had splitters rushed-shipped to take splits of two microphones for poetry readings, and after a good hour before the concert of troubleshooting grounding/buz issues I had to give up the split.
The rest of the concert was magical (as usual). Deborah had some great ideas of putting the choir moving around the church and taking advantage of the various stages in Shove. So what should an engineer do about a moving choir? I asked the director what sort of recording she would like; one that sounds as if the choir is moving, or if its in the same location. Of course one means a single main mix, most likely favoring the front of the stage, and the other approach of mic’ing each location. Personally I like the simpler “effect” approach of a single array (regardless of the fact I don’t have the ability to mic 5 different locations in a large church yet!). My argument is that this is a live concert and reproducing what occurred. Even if the recording turned into an album I would feel the importance of preserving the natural concert is better musically, financially and logistically (and also practical!).
Josh Klahn was at it again taking photos of me working and of the concert…. but more of me…. which is weird on my end…. So thanks to him for some great shots!
—Blair—
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Shove Chapel
