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Paul Cardall at a New York Steinway grand piano at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio with a matched pair of omni Sanken CO-100K microphones and a pair of CUX-100K micss in the far cardioid setting. (Photo Credit: Robert Friedrich)

Paul Cardall Records With Sanken 100K Microphones By Five/Four Productions

Recording engineer Robert Friedrich deploys CO-100K and CUX-100K microphones to capture recent work by popular Classical, Christian and New Age pianist.

Recording engineer Robert Friedrich employed Sanken CO-100K and CUX-100K microphones to capture recently recordings of composer/pianist Paul Cardall, who whose work has more than three billion streams, in conjunction with Five/Four Productions at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, OH.

“In many ways, this is a tribute and continuation of the tradition of the 5/4 style of engineering that Michael Bishop and I developed with the new capability of Sanken mics,” Friedrich explains. “Michael had recorded 100K sessions at Oberlin, which I mastered. This time I used two CO-100K mics as close mics, complementing a Royer SF12. I also used three Sanken’s as the main LCR in a classical mic configuration. The L/R are the CUX-100’s in the far-cardioid setting and a CO-100K in the center. Paul’s performance was also captured with four 4K cameras and was discretely miked for Dolby Atmos.”

Cardall is known for his original compositions and arrangements of various hymns. His music is frequently categorized as Classical, Christian and New Age, and he’s had several recordings debut at numer 1 on Billboard charts. In addition to his recording career, Cardall founded Stone Angel Music in 1999, which produced a catalogue of recordings by other similar artists.

Friedrich is president and co-founder of Five/Four Productions, part of a team of Grammy-winning producers and engineers, and he notes: “The more I use these Sanken 100K mics, the more I learn by experimenting with distance and placement. We are really enjoying what depth and nuances we have never heard before.”

Cardall adds, “Ever since Steinway & Sons cultivated a relationship with me I’ve felt a responsibility to not only record my piano compositions with the best equipment, but to trust the wisdom and gifts of engineers like Robert Friedrich. It was a huge honor to work with Robert, particularly after losing our dear friends Michael Bishop and Thomas Moore from Five/Productions Productions. They are some of the finest human beings I’ve recorded with and their legacy will live on through the music.”

Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, has an enrollment of 3,000 undergraduate students and is home to the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, which holds the title for the oldest collegiate Bach Festival in the nation. The college’s radio station WBWC is known throughout the Cleveland area.

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