Re: [ARSCLIST] Stereo of recording of oral histories ?

["Richard L. Hess" <ArcLists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:45 PM 1/7/2006, joe@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm not sure why one would feel the need to record a single voice in stereo,
> unless wanting to preserve the acoustics of a recital hall, for example.
> There are many factors that could affect intelligibility, but recording in
> mono of itself would not reduce such. One high quality closely placed mic
> would certainly be adequate to capture a speaking voice, I would think.

Joe, my original post discussed a group of six people in a discussion 
and I did not mention that it was followed by a two person session. I 
think most oral histories are at least and interviewer and interviewee.

Certainly two high-quality lavaliere mics, one to each channel, would 
be optimum for that. I was just surprised how much the spatial 
component added to intelligibility. I like the AT-822 so much I 
bought a second one. These worked very well as they were placed 
directly on tables (with small foam windscreens) providing a boundary 
layer effect similar to a PZM or the old EV mic mouse.

Is it important to hear the interviewer as well as the interviewee? 
Probably depends.

Cheers,

Richard


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