https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e07bI5rz6FY
Edit: this is one of my favourite tiny desk concerts, it sounds so good on headphones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47XlUL6sRow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB4oFu4BtQ8 (Roots. The brass mix gives me goosebumps lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFycqnOpifQ (Nickel Creek. If there really is only one mic someone has sold their soul. The sound stage is perfect.)
“Note: The secret of the 418-S is that it's two mics in one; a cardioid "mid" condenser capsule facing front, and a bidirectional capsule focused on either "side." It's a mid/side stereo mic that needs to be decoded in post, which allows you to control the stereo width of the image, even after the recording is made.”
https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/04/02/705579879/t...
The one mic thing is actually ort of a bluegrass tradition, stemming back from radio and how it was recorded. A lot of bluegrass players learn how to balance themselves around a single mic, moving towards or away with solo and leaning in over the instrument to sing.
I used to produce a (very) little bit of live music and the difference in ‘babysitting’ required between an professional performer and someone who may have an amazing or even superior talent but little experience was remarkable.
https://www.npr.org/2007/11/04/15859351/stephin-merritt-two-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7My5IpEzVM&ab_channel=NPRMu...