As with anything audio the answer is it depends. What equipment is at our disposal? How much time do we have to prepare? Etc. What I will say is there are no “rules” in audio, just guidelines. Try to learn what the rule was attempting to accomplish and see if it’s applicable for you. The 3:1 rule is so rarely applicable for me in the live and broadcast world that I never even consider it. The moment you put more than 2 microphones in a space the 3:1 is no longer applicable.
What I usually have remind people of is that the conductor should be doing most of the mixing for you and all you need to do is capture it. A stereo configuration either above the conductor’s head, or if it’s being filmed, directly in front of their music stand usually gets you 90% of what you need. That stereo configuration could be XY, ORTF, A-B, or binaural depending on space and budget. I never run a decca tree, I’ve always gotten better results out of a simple spaced pair. I will however run a williams star or standard star.
If possible I would do an area mic for each section of the orchestra and choir. For the choir specifically pay very close attention to the polar pickup pattern of your mics and use that to fight the inverse square law. You will be micing closer with the choir than the orchestra and as a result the inverse square law will play more into the micing results. If you can, position the orchestra in the null of the choir mics, that will help in the final mix.
As for style of mics (condenser, cardioid, whatever) that all depends on your room. Condensers are great, but dynamics work just fine. I tend to use condensers as I like the subtleties they produce, but if you find you are getting too much noise bleed or room echo, especially in the choir section, go dynamic. As for pickup patterns I can’t tell you what kind to get as that’s way to specific to your room and layout, if you’re unsure a cardioid is always a safe bet.
It depends on if you’re on Android or Apple. The Bose Earbuds 2 and the Apple Airpods Pro 2 trade blows pretty well, both in noise canceling and sound quality. I personally prefer the sound stage of the Apple ones but if actually care about stuff like that, I pull out my cans.
Interestingly, a good pair of noise canceling in ear headphones. I have ADHD, and being able to block out the world to focus on what I need to do is a godsend.
I was on a camping trip in Panama, and because there’s no service in the jungle, didn’t know that a hurricane was coming. I rode out hurricane David in a tent on the side of a mountain.
Don’t even go that far, just say “Terrorists set fire to UN relief headquarters.” It’s just vague enough to rile up everyone no matter what side you’re on, you get clicks from all sides and you don’t end up with a mono ideological following.
Ignoring the fact that you would go east to reach Hawaii from Japan, because it’s in the northern hemisphere, it would actually curve up not down, and because both japan and Hawaii are close-ish to the equator the curve would be relatively flat.
Fun fact because every country charges you for every nautical mile flown in their airspace, you will actually get lines that zigzag and are less fuel efficient because they are paying less for airspace miles. Example. If you fly from Chicago to Paris or Dubai, you don’t actually head east first, you first head northeast into Canadian airspace and bypass the New England area because Canadian airspace is cheaper than U.S. airspace.
Pumped up kicks. For some reason people don’t process the line “better run, better run, faster than my bullet.” It’s about columbine the bassist had a cousin had a cousin who went to columbine when the shooting happened.
Along the length of the ladder. That style of ladder, when it’s folded up, like in the photo, should have the feet perpendicular to each other and touching, not offset like they are here.
Judging based on how badly it’s bent it’s used as a persuasion device (hammer) when you don’t want to be within arms reach, like when dealing with explosive shells.
Good point on the BBQ. The differences between regions is substantial, and although you may not like one region’s BBQ, you may very well love another region’s. I for one am not a fan of the vinegar based BBQ, but a good dry rub, or mustard base, I am all there.
I do a lot of video editing. 3 monitors all the same size. Right is main edited output. Center is all my editing tools. Left is file management, chat, stock footage, etc.