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" Convincing illusion is my goal. Recordings that would illustrate subtle differences between all the components blended with the acoustics of the venue. Advanced techniques of miking the sound source, right polar patern and microphones placement for recording and amplification is a must." Marcin N.

LOCATION RECORDINGS

St.Marie's Christmas Carols Services
performed and recorded in church choir room
St.Marie's
This recording is based on A-B stereo technique and it involve two parallel microphones, omnidirectional, 10 foot distance apart, 4 foot away and 6 foot rised from the first row of singers.
Chapel Choir Room, around 50 people, guitar, flute and accordion - exceptional atmosphere.
Have a listen, it is a Christmas story, story by singing.
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Equipment used for recording:

Stereo Microphones- 2 Audio Technica AT4050 
Tascam DR-40 (Digital Audio Recorder) 

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Spaced Pair (AB) stereo recording techniqe

http://www.shure.co.uk/support_download/educational_content/microphones-basics/stereo_microphone_techniques

Audio Technica AT4050

http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/wired_mics/194ac5d60380d624/

Tascam DR-40 linear PCM digital recorder

http://tascam.com/product/dr-40/

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"The chapel choir room was unlock so I've start the rig at six o'clock on the Sunday evening and the choir were scheduled to arrive at about seven. I've had an hour to get everything rigged and ready.

At the end of the day I've had over an hour of the material but after editing and discarding a couple of bad takes I've finished with 44 minutes, so just enough for the CD." 

Marcin N.

Soundscape in surround sound-

Earth, Wind and Water

Surround Sound - A Journey
00:0000:00
Team consist of 3 (Jonah, Liam, Marcin)
 

We’ve decided to record the sounds of nature along the fields surrounding Tentsmuir Forest- part of the Scotland’s National Nature Reserves. Ideal place for the “A Journey”. Tentsmuirexhibits a spectrum of nature from the constantly moving sand at the edge of the sea to the colourful dune heathland. 

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Equipment used for recording:

1. Soundfield SPS200 microphone

2. Soundfield 788T - SSD 

3. XL-88 Cable - multi-pin connector

4. CS-MAN carrie case

5. Headphones

6. Neumann 183 microphone wind shields x4 , wind “cat” cover

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SPS200 Software Controlled Microphone​

http://www.soundfield.com/products/sps200

Soundevices 788T guide

http://cdn.sounddevices.com/download/guides/788t_en.pdf

Podaj mi rękę (Give me Your hand) Composed and Performed by Marcin Weresa

This recording of Marcin reveal his true talent.
This time, the Acoustic Guitar and Cajon are filling the space around his voice with full worm tonality.
The mic on the guitar was placed within few inch from the threat
(close miking) to reduce extraneous noise, including room reverberation.
The Cajon was miked by SM 57 on bass inn and AKG CE300 on the front to get the higher frequencies.

Equipment used for recording:

Shure SM 57 dynamic microphone - Guitar, Cajon
AKG SE 300 frame and CK 91 cardioid capsule- Vocal
XENYX UFX1204 Mixer/Interface/hearback

Shure SM 57 cardioid dynamic mic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shure_SM57

Microphone placement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone_practice

Praise & Worship Music composed and performed by Mariusz Smialek
This recordings of Mariusz are simple recordings (soloist and acoustic guitar) captured by  tracking as well as overdubs techniqe. The stereo microphone technique known as ORTF or near-coincident with two cardioid mics of the same type and manufacture with the two capsules placed 17cm of each other and axes of maximum 110 degrees was used for this application.
With the reverberation time (Rt60) close to 0.6ms we get a subtle mix of live guitar and strong vocals. Recording took us 6 hours, three stages of three days which was far before the deadline.
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Equipment used for recording:

Vocal mic- Neuman U87
Guit. mic-  2 Oktava MK- 012
Mixer/Interface/hearback- XENYX UFX1204
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Polar patterns pick-up range

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cj18EQQAm8

ORTF stereo recording technique

http://emerald.tufts.edu/programs/mma/mrap/StereoMicTechniques.pdf

Neumann U 87 - best microphone

http://www.neumann.com/?lang=en&id=current_microphones&cid=u87_description

Oktawa MK-012

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/jul94/oktavamk012.html

"Pleasent atmosphere during the recording session and complete professionalism.
I am very pleased and I would recommend working with Marcin." 

Mariusz Śmiałek

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