Re: Re: [Harp-L] Howard Levy playing"Amazing Graccce"

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > You also cannot mic a live performance from 50 feet away in a large room.
>
> Garry Hodgson replied: sure you can.  with excellent results.
> more likely the poor quality is from the fact that is was recorded on
> a video recorder, vs. an audio rig.  or just the room acoustics in
> general.

I agree.  Close mic'ing is a relatively recent phenomenon, and many of the 
best records preceding the time when 12 track and higher recording came in 
are a blend of close and far mic'ing, or no close mic'ing at all.  As Garry 
implies, a good room and good mics, along with a knowlegeable engineer, can 
make a terrific far mic recording.

The quality of the recording on the Howard Levy performance makes one 
suspect that it was done with a videocam mic.