Advice needed - improving my mic position...

Hi all



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I did a live chamber music concert recording on Sunday in a church featuring mezzo, piano trio and a speaker.



Due to the venue wasn't open until an hour before the concert I've had to rush through setting up my gear in 30-40 minutes prior to the concert began. I used my default 4-mic set up (with the middle two as 20cm A-B) along the same horizontal line (outer mics about 1m on either side of the A-B).



Microphones were about 2m from the Yamaha C3 grand.



Mics:

1) 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8020 omni (the middle A-B)

2) 2 x Line Audio OM1 omni



Recorded using Audient ASP880 preamp (to power 2)), and connected to Prism Sound Lyra 2 (via ADAT 4 mode, and also powered 1) directly).



Originally recorded at 96 kHz 24-bit.



Issues:

1) Violin too thin or quiet - this was a genuine case of didn't know where she sat until the 2nd half began (as per the recording link). If I knew in advance then I'd position the microphones differently;

2) Some felt the mezzo solo wasn't captured well enough



I'm just wondering what to do with 2) - voice recording isn't my strongest point and this was my first time recording solo vocal:



- do I add 1 or 2 more SDC microphones closer to the voice? I have a pair of Rode NT55 just in case. Being a live concert I'm not sure if the audience will be distracted by the sight of more microphones

- do I use LDC instead or Line Audio OM1 for instance? I have SE4400a pair, AKG C214 pair, and Rode NT1-A pair



Any feedback will be very welcome as the cellist featured in the recording asked me to record again in June...



Thanks guys.

Advice needed - improving my mic position...