Re: Is compression necessary

Arny Krueger <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>I mix vocalists and choirs, drums & other percussion,
>guitars, woodwinds, brass, strings, an acoustic piano, an
>electronic piano, and even a real pipe organ. My next new
>challenge: hand bells.

I'm sorry.

>So far my largest project was a live performance with an 18
>piece orchestra including a piano and harp, a mixed choir
>of about 25, a quintet including two solists one of whom
>was a child, and that pipe organ, thousands of pipes and
>largest rank = 16'.
>
>There were about 20 mics, all of which were emplaced
>specifically for the performance. I mixed live sound and
>recorded it at the same time. There was two-track master
>and a 28 track master (8 tracks unused) which I mixed down
>and distributed later on that week.

WHY? This does not sound like a recipe for a good-sounding recording.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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