Do you mostly work with orchestral instruments? And do you use anything (perhaps like Ambeo Orbit) to assist in separation in the mix? Or is it more of a structure strictly based on frequency differences?I more or less follow the more prevalent orchestral seating. I like a wide field for a couple of reasons, maybe most importantly so things are less crowded. So in most cases for a while now, the highest pitched things are on the left; for the left half of the stereo field I gradate towards a middle of the freq. spectrum with some exceptions owing to blend or balance. Piccolo flute I like far left, regular flutes at the right of that enough to notice, alto flute moreso and I like bass flute kind of centered but not dead center. because I like it to lead. Contrabass flute kind of mid-right. Bassi section far-ish right. I like second violins right of center next to the violas. WW that aren't flutes similar, this I may have to play around with a bit. Brass almost never on the left.
More electronic or rock band sounds, well, the former doesn't reside on stage necessarily. Up for grabs depending on context. Lately my bass part is upright bass and it's closer than most of the orch just R of center. if it's E bass, it's centered and probably DI ie., not on stage.
I use MIR Pro for staging: the main room is wide but not very deep, I have a much longer and narrower room with long AR, where an amp sim, or acousmatic or the like lives. and I like that kind of thing in the back usually, but I might do something off-the-wall exploiting the space between the main mic and the rear focus spaced configuration. I care as much about height and depth as L/R.
Statistics: Posted by irpacynot — Thu Jul 31, 2025 9:36 am