Quite an interesting read.
The Decca Tree is an array of between three and five microphones that provides a well balanced and mono-compatible stereo recording. It was devised and assembled for the first time in 1954 by Decca Recording Company?s engineers Roy Wallace and Arthur Haddy. The first version of the Tree consisted of a suspended T-shaped steel array, bolting 3 Neumann M49 microphones to each end, above the conductor?s podium. Hence the phrase coined by Arthur when they place the array in position.
https://abbeyroadinstitute.co.uk/blog/the-decca-tree-the-secrets-behind-the-legendary-recording-technique/
Related articles:
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/classical-recording-practical-guide-decca-tradition
https://tapeop.com/interviews/46/microphones-decca-tree-technique/
The Decca Tree is an array of between three and five microphones that provides a well balanced and mono-compatible stereo recording. It was devised and assembled for the first time in 1954 by Decca Recording Company?s engineers Roy Wallace and Arthur Haddy. The first version of the Tree consisted of a suspended T-shaped steel array, bolting 3 Neumann M49 microphones to each end, above the conductor?s podium. Hence the phrase coined by Arthur when they place the array in position.
https://abbeyroadinstitute.co.uk/blog/the-decca-tree-the-secrets-behind-the-legendary-recording-technique/
Related articles:
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/classical-recording-practical-guide-decca-tradition
https://tapeop.com/interviews/46/microphones-decca-tree-technique/
