Richard Webb wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 RW> Probably so, especially some of the newsgroups I read,
 RW> because of my professional life.  SPeaking of which, been
 RW> helping out a bluegrass player from out west.  HE and his
 RW> buddies like to do the old put a good condenser microphone
 RW> up, everybody gather around it, step forward or back to take their
 RW> moment in the spotlight, let themselves balance
 RW> themselves, no stage monitors or any of that foolin' around
 RW> .  YEt he can't understand why it doesn't work in small
 RW> rooms for them.

Ah yes...the old one mike....Well, I was at a festival a few years ago when
Del McCoury brought his own mike....it was plumb expensive...and he fretted
over it a lot.....I think it was such that you could pattern the mike for
pickup area, response, etc.  Anyway, he and the boys moved in and out....I
walked over to the sound guy....he did absolutely nothing...and it sounded
real good.

Does the name Ray Davis ring a bell with you?


 RW> I explained that it works well for them on festival stages,
 RW> but not in small rooms because that good condenser
 RW> microphone and speaker cabinets just *must* interact.  I
 RW> suggested that in small rooms, though it seems
 RW> counterintuitive, they go with  a close mike for each
 RW> instrument, and a couple small monitors to hear if they
 RW> need.  Or, forego the sound reinforcement altogether and
 RW> just play to the crowd .

The pureists would tell ya that more than one mike ain't ole-timey enough
for ya (g)....but then, some of them play claw hammer style and fast dance
while they play ala John Hartford.


cya,
thom
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