Engineering the NPR Tiny Desk Performances

[bitflipper]

I've always wondered why these performances sound so good, given that they're made in a tiny space.

Well, first of all the space isn't really tiny, it's just made to look that way (see the second video, which is rotatable in 360 degrees). Pack enough bodies into any space and it's going to be acoustically forgiving.

But mainly it's about audio guys who just really know what they're doing. And having players that don't require a lot of corrective surgery in post.

 

[Byron Dickens]

NPR pretty much does everything first class.

[craigb]

Courtney and Kurt?  Now that's original!  ?