Fran, the LDC seems to have more lower mid-range. I suppose the H5's crossed pair could also be eq'd for that, but at the distance we used them at they were really only picking up ambience. It is slightly mixed in to accentuate the natural reverb of the room.
One of the things I was hoping to establish by recording it this way is to have the room itself play into the recordings. It is an old dance hall from back in the 1920's. Given that the talent that passes through this venue is mostly acoustic, and comes mostly in singles and duo's, I thought this was an easy way to quickly get some takes prior to the visiting performers show.
One of the other reason's we were hoping to do this is for simplifications sake. We're hoping to make is so we can teach some of the volunteers to do these recordings.
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