In Part 2 we were laying the foundations for robust, general-purpose mic technique, as well as gaining valuable experience of different microphones, miking positions, and acoustics tricks. In Part 3, we’re going to head into more specialist territory, by looking at why the highest-profile professional engineers so often record single instruments with multiple microphones simultaneously, rather than just using a single mic as we’ve done thus far. This is where the subject begins to get quite complex, so it’s best approached only once you’re fully comfortable with the material in Parts 1 and 2—both in theory and in practice.
7.1 COINCIDENT MULTIMIKING
7.1.1 Phase-Aligning ...
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