29-01-2016, 10:18 PM
You can find the multitrack files for this project in the 'Mixing Secrets' Free Multitrack Download Library.
This session was recorded my the Discussion Zone's very own mange, and here's some project info from him you might find useful...
"The choir is called Öjebokören, which consists of 17 singers divided into sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses. My plan with this project was to record them live in my room and add overdubs for each different voice. However, there were two different lines per voice, and I only had time to do four overdubs on the session (we recorded three songs), so I just did one overdub per voice. When I searched the net for information about recording live choir, I found this article and ended up using its 'best of both worlds' setup for the live takes for this session.
"I remembered this Dave Pensado video, and it inspired me not to pan the highest vocal parts widest, so I suggested to the choir leader that we put the bass and sopranos as centered as possible and the altos and tenors on each side. We also built a riser a so we could have the singers in two rows in front of the mics. (Here ́s an [url=http://www.totalchoirresources.com/lets-talk-choir-
formations/]article about choir formations[/url], although nothing that looks like my idea! [Funnily enough, the jazz choir I sing in uses exactly that setup, so you're not the only one -- Mike S.])
"The mics I used were two Rode M5s as the spaced pair (about four meters apart), an AKG C3000 as Middle mic and an AKG P420 in figure-eight mode positioned straight over the C3000 as the Sides mic. The P420 was also used in omni mode for the overdubs. I used the Midas mic preamps in the Behringer X32, recording straight into my DAW system without any preprocessing."
On further note from me: mange provided the MS tracks in their original MS format, but I've decoded those to a traditional LR stereo file for the upload, using a -3dB Sides level. This doesn't affect the timbre at all, and if you'd like to adjust the MS balance you can easily do this with Voxengo's freeware cross-platform MSED plug-in, again without any audio artefacts. (Alternatively, you could set up a mono send from the stereo track, but without any plug-ins in the return channel. Mixing this return into your mix will increase the Mid level. To reduce the Mid level, just switch the polarity of the return channel.)
If you have any other general questions about this multitrack, just reply to this post.
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This session was recorded my the Discussion Zone's very own mange, and here's some project info from him you might find useful...
"The choir is called Öjebokören, which consists of 17 singers divided into sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses. My plan with this project was to record them live in my room and add overdubs for each different voice. However, there were two different lines per voice, and I only had time to do four overdubs on the session (we recorded three songs), so I just did one overdub per voice. When I searched the net for information about recording live choir, I found this article and ended up using its 'best of both worlds' setup for the live takes for this session.
"I remembered this Dave Pensado video, and it inspired me not to pan the highest vocal parts widest, so I suggested to the choir leader that we put the bass and sopranos as centered as possible and the altos and tenors on each side. We also built a riser a so we could have the singers in two rows in front of the mics. (Here ́s an [url=http://www.totalchoirresources.com/lets-talk-choir-
formations/]article about choir formations[/url], although nothing that looks like my idea! [Funnily enough, the jazz choir I sing in uses exactly that setup, so you're not the only one -- Mike S.])
"The mics I used were two Rode M5s as the spaced pair (about four meters apart), an AKG C3000 as Middle mic and an AKG P420 in figure-eight mode positioned straight over the C3000 as the Sides mic. The P420 was also used in omni mode for the overdubs. I used the Midas mic preamps in the Behringer X32, recording straight into my DAW system without any preprocessing."
On further note from me: mange provided the MS tracks in their original MS format, but I've decoded those to a traditional LR stereo file for the upload, using a -3dB Sides level. This doesn't affect the timbre at all, and if you'd like to adjust the MS balance you can easily do this with Voxengo's freeware cross-platform MSED plug-in, again without any audio artefacts. (Alternatively, you could set up a mono send from the stereo track, but without any plug-ins in the return channel. Mixing this return into your mix will increase the Mid level. To reduce the Mid level, just switch the polarity of the return channel.)
If you have any other general questions about this multitrack, just reply to this post.