Back to Katumonu; I’ve done two chamber concerts this week; one was a bass recital that had several numbers featuring solo bass, and a couple of numbers featuring bass with piano backing, and two with another bassist. The second chamber concert was a performance of several wind configurations, from solo flute to wind quintet. In both cases, I used the ORTF configuration for my main pair of mics, and I had a second set of mics going into a separate recorder, and based on my setup, the second set of mics was closer to DIN configuration. (The second set of mics were next to, and just above the first mics, but slightly outside the first pair). The mics were about 2 feet above the players’ heads, and maybe six feet back.
This mic configuration worked very well for me. I would say I was very satisfied with the overall stereo effect. I will use ORTF again for chamber recordings.