Wow! Just wow!! I want to play this at my next party! Couldn't stop smiling whilst listening - and I only came here to check it out to hear the panning/mixing of a live orchestra!
What a wonderful scene, in Abby Road Studios - so instructive to see all the mike positions and which microphones you've used. Goodness - how many mikes were rigged for this session!!!
Actually, no it wasn’t. We recorded the whole album in 3 days. We tried with click in the first hour of the recording but that didn‘t work at all, so we just played together instead.
So it seems that, speaking about the orchestra, they've essentially used a Decca Tree with two outriggers? Or is it "small AB/big AB"? Just curious to know how this is done at Abbey Road. What's also interesting is how many of spot mikes were actually used in the mix... Too bad there's almost no information on how to do this kind of recording, although the internet is full of advices on how to record and mix EDM, trance, etc.
Decca Tree with Outriggers. All Spots used in the mix. the goal was to have the orchestra recorded and mixed with a lot of punch and details so it would melt in a good way with the band (rather than just sit behind the band)
Thanks! I greatly appreciate that you took time to answer! As I've mentioned before, there's virtually no information on the internet on such topcs, and having my question answered by the people who actually did the mix is the best outcome I could have hoped for.
Check out the book Classical Recording from Routledge. Obviously not about this particularly recording, but it goes super in-depth with (mostly Decca tree-based) orchestral recording techniques.
@@joecardello Thanks! I will definitely try to get my hands on this book. As for now, I've been reading "Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles" by Richard King - very interesting book indeed, too. I also had a decent amount of practice for these two years (the original comment is two years old). :) Of course, I do record not a symphonic orchestra, but a string quintet of my friends (sometimes with vocals), but anyway. For this my favourite technique is the DIN pair.
They're listening to the drums and bass which are in a booth next to the recording hall, and to a mix from the band, so they can clearly hear what is going on. Headphones with only one side on, btw.
