Micing tap dance ?

[zuixro]

So I read Crown's: "Boundary Microphone Application Guide":
http://www.crownaudio.com/pdf/mics/127089.pdf
(warning, PDF)

All in all, very informative. Gave me some ideas to try.

Two of my favorite quotes were:

To reduce pickup of the pit orchestra, put a 2' x 2' piece of 4" thick Sonex foam about 1" behind each PCC.

Yeah, the director's gonna go for a 2'x2' square standing up behind each mic. (At least that's how I understand it)

and:

Tape a PZM to the drummer’s chest.

Not sure if they were serious about that one.

I can pick up tapping 25' upstage easily with PCC-160s. Now the PCC-170, on the other hand, is still a boundary mic but intended for a completely different purpose, namely lecterns and board rooms. There's really nothing you can do to fix the problem. Also, watch out for phasing issues if you have a spaced pair of mics trying to pick up tapping far upstage.

Yeah I don't know who's big idea it was to get 170's for a 45' deep stage. I'll push for some 160's for our next musical. (Though I would like to try a 170 on the podium for one of our future events)

I know the spacing rules. 3x the distance from the source to the mic. The above PDF mentioned 20ft as being adequate space too.

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Haha, that would help... We really need another mix though. Might just have to split the booth feed and go to the camera.

 

[Scarrgo]

+1 on PCC 160

Very strong, durable, easy to use(but, you got to point them the right way)

In the all the years I been doing this stuff I have never seen one break till last year, someone(probably a ten year old(nothing personal)) kicked the top half from the bottom...snapped the screws off. Crown replaced the parts for free...well, how much can a couple of set screws be, but they did it, and I am thankful.

Sean...

 

[JCarroll]

Not sure if they were serious about that one.

I'm pretty sure it's a joke. Neil Peart of Rush had one taped to his chest for one of the recordings... The PZM didn't make the final mix.