Date:         Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:55:44 -0700
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Bob, do you find many or any who use figure 8? I've never run into 
that, though it seems likely some would.

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Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
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On Aug 29, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Bob Olhsson wrote:

>> There's a great blue-grass band... ...They work around one mic, 
>> probably a dual-capsule condenser set at
>> figure 8.
>
> This is real popular with the bluegrass crowd. I've seen a stage get 
> switched from post '70s conventional to that setup. The sound gets 
> about 15 dB softer and 150% better. They can't run stage monitors that 
> way so you also don't have that confusion.
>