Piano Concerto - Mix UPDATE! Comparison with/without Slate VTM/VCC

[Mixinthecloud]

Hi Mixinthecloud,

thank you very much for your nice comment!
Yes, of course I can explain.

I did not use the Outtrigger- and Hall-Pair microphones, just "Main" and "Spots".

I eqd the main mic by removing the midrange (-6..-7dB about 450Hz). Especially the piano has lot of energy in this range on the main mic. And adding a little bit of high frequencies. As a result the main mic should sound good on its own.

The spot mics should just add a little bit of definition and clearity. To achieve that, I took a highpass on all the spot between 250 - 400 Hz. Again reducing some mids around 700Hz and add highs.
To compensate the distance between the spots and the main mic, I delayed the spots by ear (6ms Piano, 10ms Strings and 12ms Horns)
The stereo image of the horns-spotmics is very wide, so I reduced it.

The fader of the spot mics are: Strings -16db, Horns -5db, Piano -2dB)

At the end there is a Lexicon PCM RandomHall 1,7sec on the MasterBus.

No compression or automation.

I hope this explanation was understandable.

best regards,
Guido

Guido,
Thanks for the info. Interesting you decided to do some time alignment and to eliminate to hall and 'outrigger' pairs. Can't argue with your results though.