[MrFixr55]

I was wondering more about fidelity. Teah, the SM58 is a vocalist mic meant to be within 6" of the person, where velocity mics ae more sensitive and more expensive.

My budget (and the outdoor environment) does not allow for condenser mics or ribbon velocity mics. My performing "live sound" for the choir is totally volunteer.

Our choir is involved currently in making a recording of Christmas music. The "venue" is our 2000 seat Cathlic church, built around 1963 in the style prevalent then with a main section, 2 transepts, an organ gallery / choir loft and 2 organs; a 1500 pipe one in the sanctuary area and a 3500 pipe unit in the organ gallery. Either or both can be played from either console. The acoustics are fantastic. The music ministry consists of a 35 voice adult Chorale, a teen "Scola Cantorum", the Children's Choir and the "Cherub Choir" The engineer recording it is using 2 Tascam DR40X pocket digital recorders, one in the organ gallery and one in the main area of the church, using its internal mics and 2 Sennheiser Large diaphragm condenser mics (I don't know the model number). These recorders are a marvel. 2 built in condenser mics that can be aimed, 2 inputs for either XLR or TRS connectors, phantom power capable (dunno how high the voltage as the thing runs on 3 AA batteries), 4 channel capable and USB output to a computer. The songs are recorded in snippets and the best takes for each snippet will be "assembled" using a DAW software package such as Garage Band. This was done because of extraneous noise such as a cough, a member of the children's choir dropping one of those wonderful metal water bottles, ice falling from the roof, trucks, motorcycles and loud cars passing by, etc. We spent 6 hours yesterday recording about 30 minutes of music.

We did this once before with fantastic results. We also did 3 "Virtual Choir" programs during CoVID, with each member at home literally "phoning it in". Each member watched a video of the director and a listened to the accompaniment, and a voice from their section (Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass) and performed into their smartphones, recording audio and video. The files were then e-mailed to the director who assembled them using Garage Band software into a rather remarkable performance. The link is here for anyone interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V1a9Zhl...=1&t=2230s

(This is being placed to show what technology can do; I am not trying to proselytize or sell recordings.)