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4 Using Your Microphone
4.6.2 Choir, Backing Vocals
Fig. 5: Backing vocalists shar-
ing a single microphone
(technique 3).
4.6.3 Violin, Viola
Fig. 6: Violin.
To record
large mixed choirs
, we
recommend using one stereo mi-
crophone plus one spot microphone
each for the soprano, alto, tenor,
and bass sections.
In rooms with good acoustics, a sin-
gle stereo microphone or two
matched mono microphones will
often do the trick.
Backing vocals/technique 1:
If you have enough tracks available,
we recommend overdubbing each
voice separately (refer to section
4.6.1 Lead Vocals above).
Backing vocals/technique 2:
If you use a separate microphone
for each of several vocalists simul-
taneously, set each microphone to
hypercardioid to prevent crosstalk, particularly if the microphones are closely spaced.
Backing vocals/technique 3:
If you use a single microphone for the entire group, select the cardioid or omni pattern and
place the vocalists in a semicircle in front of the microphone.
Solo violin:
Direct the microphone to the f holes
from a height of 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to
2.5 m) above the floor.
Large string sections:
Use a combination of a main micro-
phone in an XY, MS, ORTF, or other
stereo configuration and close-in
spot microphones.
Viola:
Direct the microphone to the f holes
from a height of 7 to 10 feet (2.2 to
3 m) above the floor.
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