My Day With A Stradivarius

[ICTWoody]

I only recognized them cause I also have a pair. CM3’s as well as the OM1’s. I recognized the lyres.

I have only used mine a couple of times and I’m a super rookie taper. I jus wanted to record shows in my loft. I need to learn more about he pos production side.

- Woody

Yes. Good eye.
They are a sub-cardioid pattern, putting them half way between omnidirectional, and, cardioid. They share a certain amount of directionally, but, loosely so, as compared to something more stringent like a Danish Professional Audio (DPA), or Neumann, Schoeps cardioid.
By being sub-cardioid, you have more room to play with in setting stereo patterns. One of those is by going wider in the spacing between capsules, and, a more broad off-axis response angle \_____/ <- meaning the turning outward of the mics in respect to each other.

I came from the DPA camp, having been well supplied as a personal favor granted to me by the then CEO of DPA.North America, and friend, Bruce Myers. They supported me in what I do by providing me with dealers pricing on my gear. This helped, tremendously. I went from the 4011/4022 cardioid, to their 4028 compact sub-cardioid, and was really impressed. Then I sold the DPA rigs, and, bought a house.
House bought, snakes caught, rocks stacked,... I got a hankering to start pushing record again.

Enter the Line Audio CM3 pair.
I went from a $5.5k pair of sub-cards, an insanely expensive DC stereo preamp, to the CM3 pair, at around $300 for the pair. I'm absolutely impressed.

 

[mfrench]

@ICTWoody
Learn minimalist techniques first. The CM3's are very forgiving. They are quite happy going wider than the typical cardioid stereo patterning. As example: ORTF spacing is 17cm at the capsules. The CM3's are totally happy with ORTF spacing of 25cm

With your omnis, try a baffle between them You can set up in your own space, and, record life as it goes on in front of and around your baffle. It will shock you. A baffle is just some form of sound absorbing material between the mics; foam, a pillow, mics on either side of a wall, column or post. These are essentially variations on binaural that play more nicely with speaker playback.
If I can help, ping me.

 

[ICTWoody]

@ICTWoody
Learn minimalist techniques first. The CM3's are very forgiving. They are quite happy going wider than the typical cardioid stereo patterning. As example: ORTF spacing is 17cm at the capsules. The CM3's are totally happy with ORTF spacing of 25cm

With your omnis, try a baffle between them You can set up in your own space, and, record life as it goes on in front of and around your baffle. It will shock you. A baffle is just some form of sound absorbing material between the mics; foam, a pillow, mics on either side of a wall, column or post. These are essentially variations on binaural that play more nicely with speaker playback.
If I can help, ping me.

Thanks!

- Woody

 

[mfrench]

Well, it happened again, yesterday.
The Aviara Trio - Fallbrook Mission Theater, Fallbrook, Ca
Robert Schumitzky, Ex-Halir Stradivarius violin, c.1694 - Inez Irawati, piano - Erin Breene cello
Brahms - Shostakovich - Schubert

rehearsing,....




My binaural head, Güde, at the stage-lip, covered in lack lace (barely visible; black on colorful carpet at steps):


Güde under black lace:



Live:

....................... Güde, ^ gone stealth under black lace

I also recorded from first row center with four mics, to create a two-channel stereo mix; wide-spread omnis at 6' wide, and, wide cardioid Line Audio CM3 pair, XY90º coincidental stereo, on center.
Unfortunately, I lost a channel of the binaural recording of the first set. accckK!
The four mic mix came out fine, as did the second set binaural.

So, that was fun.