Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental Ensemble
The aim of this paper is to describe the process of choosing the best surround microphone technique for recording of choir with an instrumental ensemble. First, examples of multichannel microphone techniques including those used in the recording are described. Then, the assumptions and details of...
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| author | Andrzej SITEK Bożena KOSTEK |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to describe the process of choosing the best surround
microphone technique for recording of choir with an instrumental ensemble. First,
examples of multichannel microphone techniques including those used in the recording
are described. Then, the assumptions and details of music recording in Radio
Gdansk Studio are provided as well as the process of mixing of the multichannel
recording. The extensive subjective tests were performed employing a group of sound
engineers and students in order to find the most preferable recording techniques. Because
the final recording is based on the mix of “direct/ambient” and “direct-sound
all-around” approaches, a subjective quality evaluation was conducted and on this
basis the best rated multichannel techniques were chosen. The results show that
listeners might consider different factors when choosing the best rated multichannel
techniques in separate tasks, as different systems were chosen in the two tests. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1777205f08ff4b248115dde91a57cb202025-08-20T03:27:51ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2013-10-01362Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental EnsembleAndrzej SITEK0Bożena KOSTEK1Gdansk University of Technology Multimedia Systems DepartmentGdansk University of Technology Multimedia Systems DepartmentThe aim of this paper is to describe the process of choosing the best surround microphone technique for recording of choir with an instrumental ensemble. First, examples of multichannel microphone techniques including those used in the recording are described. Then, the assumptions and details of music recording in Radio Gdansk Studio are provided as well as the process of mixing of the multichannel recording. The extensive subjective tests were performed employing a group of sound engineers and students in order to find the most preferable recording techniques. Because the final recording is based on the mix of “direct/ambient” and “direct-sound all-around” approaches, a subjective quality evaluation was conducted and on this basis the best rated multichannel techniques were chosen. The results show that listeners might consider different factors when choosing the best rated multichannel techniques in separate tasks, as different systems were chosen in the two tests.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/184surround microphone techniquesmusical recordingdirect/ambientdirect-sound all-around |
| spellingShingle | Andrzej SITEK Bożena KOSTEK Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental Ensemble Archives of Acoustics surround microphone techniques musical recording direct/ambient direct-sound all-around |
| title | Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental Ensemble |
| title_full | Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental Ensemble |
| title_fullStr | Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental Ensemble |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental Ensemble |
| title_short | Study of Preference for Surround Microphone Techniques Used in the Recording of Choir and Instrumental Ensemble |
| title_sort | study of preference for surround microphone techniques used in the recording of choir and instrumental ensemble |
| topic | surround microphone techniques musical recording direct/ambient direct-sound all-around |
| url | https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/184 |
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