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> Trouble is, the audience seating is exactly behind me, so all you'd see is 
> my back. But if I'm using a seperate microphone, that shouldn't be too 
> bad. Actually the organ sounds OK from where I'm sitting (although most of 
> the sound goes over my head - can you see where the pipes are?) The only 
> trouble with that is that the manuals make quite a clattering. I have to 
> open up quite a few stops to drown that out!
>
A separate microphone offers the advantage to let you some freedom in 
chosing the place and orientation.
I disagree that audience place is the best. Churchs and even more cathedrals 
are not designed as musical theatres.
They are dedicated to worship, made mainly of stone or brick at least in 
Europe. To make short, the reverb time is veryyyyy long.
All you can do is to get a good balance between direct sound and 
reflections.
The issue is the length of wires between microphones and the camcorder.
A separate device for the sound is a good choice
What I 'm used to now is to make a close take (near the console) with a 
stereo pair aimed to the top of the pipes and an ambient take with a stereo 
pair aimed to the choir. I bought a nice compact device which comes with 4 
built in condenser microphones and records 24 bits 96kHz .wav on SD cards. 
It can bet set to record 2 simultaneous stereo files that you can mix 
aftertime or put in 4channels sound
http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916

Marc

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