ORTF RECORDING DRUMS SOFTWARE

This can be done either in your DAW software or hardware mixer by bringing the Side signal up on two channels and reversing the phase of one of them. However, to hear a proper stereo image when listening to the recording, the tracks need to be matrixed and decoded.Īlthough you have recorded only two channels of audio (the Mid and Side), the next step is to split the Side signal into two separate channels. You might want to start with something like ORTF but then adjust mic angles and distance until you get the sound you want.so it's a bad ortf setup then what they pictured? and yeah, not exactly 110 degree angle.The signal from each microphone is then recorded to its own track. Sometime for example you might want more focus on cymbals, sometimes less depending on the drums setup, how the drummer plays, and what the song calls for. For drum overheads these are likely not important. Using a standard stereo array like ORTF or NOS is great for recordings where you want consistency from one session to another and accuracy of the stereo field. But it is not necessary to adhere to any specific technique. Does not mean this is a bad set up, just not ORTF.Īs for positioning, again by definition the distance between capsules for ORTF is 17 cm. Since they appear to be side address mics, this means the capsules are at 70 degrees and therefore by definition not ORTF. The pic shows mic bodies that appear to be at an angle of around 110 degrees. Is the picture you posted the one you referenced? This does not look like ORTF to me, although the camera angle could be making things looks different than they were in reality. You might want to start with something like ORTF but then adjust mic angles and distance until you get the sound you want.

Where would I ideally point them to?Is the picture you posted the one you referenced? This does not look like ORTF to me, although the camera angle could be making things looks different than they were in reality. I remember Green Day doing ORTF on the idiot record and I found it very pleasing. Lemme see if I can find a picture.Īlso, how would you position the mics in ortf, what distance from each other and where to position them? Like setting the center over kick and snare and not really the middle of the kit? I'm actually that type of supercharged close mics guy and I thought it might complement that as being more percussive. I've had a daydream that if I ever get to record Neil Peart, I'd probably try a four mic setup: spaced pair at the edges of the kit with an XY above the snare.alright, sounds all reasonable. I've had a daydream that if I ever get to record Neil Peart, I'd probably try a four mic setup: spaced pair at the edges of the kit with an XY above the snare. If the drummer is little heavy on the cymbals and a little light on the snare, XY can help with balance little bit with cost of massiveness. In general I try to use the technique for the width, not the pan pot. ORTF is always panned fully to sides, that's the whole point of the technique. If I want a focus on the center (or the drummers setup is very, very wide), I'll add a third mic to the center and mix it in to taste. No matter what the technique, I always pan the OHs fully to sides, even with a wide spaced pair. U87 ORTF makes a great jazz overhead sound. Spaced pair is immediately drawing me into a more massive, modern sound where the super-wide OH is complementing the turbocharged close mics.

I've personally considered the ORTF technique more probable for jazz/acoustic dates those where you want to make the overheads the main focus in drums and close mics only support them little bit.

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