During the event, Audio-Technica supplied an array of microphones from its Artist Elite, Artist Series and 40 Series ranges and an Allen & Heath Qu-24 digital mixer for the filming of The Green Man Sessions - intimate live performances of acts appearing at the festival. In charge of proceedings was Charlie Allen from video production company Naked Noise, who faced both a challenging schedule and technical hurdles during the project.
"The Green Man Festival had commissioned us to film and record 14 artists over three days," he explains, "with a variety of acoustic solo acts, full bands and everything in-between. The session tent was positioned directly behind the Rising Stage, so there was the potential of considerable noise bleed - fortunately the Audio-Technica mics we chose for the task all proved ideal in terms of direction and noise rejection.
"I've been seriously impressed with the whole Audio-Technica mic offering, but for me the real standouts were the AE3300 handheld cardioid condenser and the ATM250DE dual-element dynamic/condenser."
The Allen & Heath Qu-24 mixer also proved to be the right partner for the Green Man Sessions according to Allen, "We tracked everything to Logic using the built-in USB interface and the quality of the preamps and converters was truly excellent. Likewise, the ergonomics were fantastic for quickly mixing all the monitors with fast access to effects when needed. I've been using the DAW control to mix the sessions in post-production and I'll be using it for all future live recordings - I love it."
Among the artists featured in the Green Man Sessions were folk-rock sister trio The Staves
(Jim Evans)
