01Chorus + Orchestra
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
A large choral-orchestral performance captured with a seven-microphone array and the hall’s natural depth intact.
1:40
Mystic, Connecticut · On-location classical recording
Record the performance.
Keep the room.
Natural, location-based recording for orchestras, concert bands, chamber ensembles, choruses and live performances.
Honest.True.Transparent.
OrchestrasConcert bandsChamber ensemblesChorusesLive performance
The recording philosophy
The music comes first.
A good classical recording should preserve the relationship between the musicians, the score and the acoustic space.
Mystic Classical Recordings brings a musician’s ear to every session. Microphone placement, editing and mastering are handled with restraint so the result feels dimensional, balanced and true to the performance—not manufactured after it.
Selected work
Hear the room take shape.
Three different ensembles and spaces, each approached on its own musical and acoustic terms.
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02Concert Band · Charles Ives
Variations on “America”
Dense winds, brass and percussion captured with clarity, width and a coherent sense of the room.
2:00
03Professional Saxophone Quartet
Requiem in A Minor
A focused session in a resonant church, balancing intimacy, detail and the natural decay of the space.
0:55
Services
From first conversation
to finished recording.
Each engagement is shaped around the ensemble, the venue and the way the recording will ultimately be used.
Live concert recording
Discreet, carefully planned capture for orchestras, bands, choruses and combined forces—with attention to audience sightlines and the natural concert experience.
Dedicated sessions
Location recording for chamber groups, composers and special projects, with microphone placement refined around the room and repertoire.
Editing and mastering
Tasteful editing, balance and final delivery that preserve musical continuity, stereo image, dynamics and natural decay.
Real arrays. Real rooms. Musical decisions.
The approach
Listen before placing a microphone.
01Plan
Understand the repertoire, forces, room and desired deliverables.
02Place
Choose the array and supporting microphones by listening to the space.
03Capture
Protect image, depth, dynamics and the natural relationship of the ensemble.
04Refine
Edit and master with restraint, then deliver performance-ready files.
About Ray Miller
A recording engineer who understands the ensemble from inside it.
Ray is an active clarinetist, bass clarinetist and recording engineer working with orchestras, concert bands, choruses and chamber musicians across Connecticut.
That performer’s perspective shapes every decision: where musicians need space, what conductors need to hear, how balances develop in the room and when technology should simply disappear. Ray currently records for multiple community orchestras and ensembles and is a member of AFM Local 285-403.
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Plan a recording
Tell me about the ensemble, the room and the performance.
For concert recording, dedicated sessions and project inquiries:
rjmiller@msn.com303-990-1657Mystic, Connecticut