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Just got my recording of this show uploaded to the archive if anyone wants to listen to it: https://archive.org/details/dso2018-12-01.nak300.cp1.cp4.flac24

I used the CP-4s, along with another set of Nak 300s with the CP-1 capsules, with the gain turned down on the CP-1s until there was no clipping on all but the loudest notes of the concert. I was using just the shotguns this summer when I started taping and wanted to see how the CP-1s sounded side by side, and the recording seems to sound the best with the sources blended together. The CP-1s pick up more talking but seem to complement the CP-4s and help to fill out the sound. I'm new at this, just learning as I go. Might see about adding some more mics, maybe not, we will see.

Based on the lineage in the link to the recordings, it looks like you used the Nak shotgun capsules (CP-4). These are designed to cancel sound other than what the mics are pointed directly toward, so any talkers should indeed be minimized. But note that these capsules were not designed to capture full frequency ambient space. They're typically used to record dialog in situations were a mic can't be placed directly in front of an actor.

Wow! Just started listening to your recording -- which is fantastic. They absolutely capture and convey the 1973 sound, the beauty and tempo and freshness and love and everything. I was there, and it takes me right back. Thank you, DSO, and thank you, Hardpan, for sharing it.