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VonBonfire
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The 57 just plain works great.
He's def getting a room sound off those PZM's after a 2nd listen, it's a little boomy on the bottom. Maybe it was the boots!
He's def getting a room sound off those PZM's after a 2nd listen, it's a little boomy on the bottom. Maybe it was the boots!
7704A
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Ok, it occurs to me that I shouldn't be comparing stereo single-source tracks vs panned doubled mono tracks since the panned mono imitates two sound sources wide apart whereas the stereo single-source track is just a single source down the center. What I should do is compare centered stereo image tracks vs centered mono tracks. If I want to compare a panned mono track with the 57 to the PZMs, then I should also double track with the stereo array, but each time rotating the mic array left or right to do the panning at the source. I also sorted out issues with tracks sounding different outside my DAW than they did inside. I think that came down to mono tracks getting doubled into left and right channels without re-normalizing the audio to maintain the same level as in the DAW, resulting in a 3dB boost in volume.
So, here is a centered stereo pair recording with the PZMs and a panned mono track with the 57. They've both been LUFS matched so they should have approximately equal loudness, and I fixed the issue with exports screwing that up.
So, here is a centered stereo pair recording with the PZMs and a panned mono track with the 57. They've both been LUFS matched so they should have approximately equal loudness, and I fixed the issue with exports screwing that up.
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