Answers to Paul's little quiz...

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BH-sample - AKG C426 stereo microphone in MS configuration (cardioid M)
Direct to DAT - Cool Edit 96

MF-sample - AKG C414 microphones in crossed figures of eight ("Blumlein")
Direct to DAT - Cool Edit 2000

JC-sample - Neumann KM140 microphones in ORTF configuration
Direct to computer (CardDeluxe, 24 bits) - Cool Edit 2000

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The hall is St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol, and the piano (inevitably) is a Steinway.
BH-sample was recorded before the hall's acoustics were changed, and the other two after.
The changes made the hall much more reverberant, and removed some flutter-echo problems.

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