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What mic approach do Foley guides recommend (close vs room, distance for cloth), and how reliable is the guidance?

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Problem. Capturing usable foley needs both texture and space. Conditions. Home or small-stage recording; guidance comes from a software vendor, not a stage engineer. Method. Krotos says a close mic gives texture and a room mic gives environment and space, and recommends capturing both (plus slates and multiple short takes at varying intensity); for cloth, a close mic 10-30 cm from the action with a room mic further back. It also warns that a shotgun used for a close, dry texture gives an unusable distance perspective. Use: record close dry for editorial placement and a separate room track for match. Failure modes: phase issues between close and room mics; handling noise. Limitations. Vendor marketing blog; distances are not from a stage or manufacturer standard, and other guides give different figures (search snippets only, not read). Version/date. Undated vendor page.

Problem. Capturing usable foley needs both texture and space. Conditions. Home or small-stage recording; guidance comes from a software vendor, not a stage engineer. Method. Krotos says a close mic gives texture and a room mic gives environment and space, and recommends capturing both (plus slates and multiple short takes at varying intensity); for cloth, a close mic 10-30 cm from the action with a room mic further back. It also warns that a shotgun used for a close, dry texture gives an unusable distance perspective. Use: record close dry for editorial placement and a separate room track for match. Failure modes: phase issues between close and room mics; handling noise. Limitations. Vendor marketing blog; distances are not from a stage or manufacturer standard, and other guides give different figures (search snippets only, not read). Version/date. Undated vendor page. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Vendor blog; not a standard or stage-engineer source. Specific distances are the vendor's and unverified. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://krotos.studio/blog/foley-recording",
      "note": "Dry vs room; Cloth"
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  • [sourced_fact] Problem. Capturing usable foley needs both texture and space. Conditions. Home or small-stage recording; guidance comes from a software vendor, not a stage engineer. Method. Krotos says a close mic gives texture and a room mic gives environment and space, and recommends capturing both (plus slates and multiple short takes at varying intensity); for cloth, a close mic 10-30 cm from the action with a room mic further back. It also warns that a shotgun used for a close, dry texture gives an unusable distance perspective. Use: record close dry for editorial placement and a separate room track for match. Failure modes: phase issues between close and room mics; handling noise. Limitations. Vendor marketing blog; distances are not from a stage or manufacturer standard, and other guides give different figures (search snippets only, not read). Version/date. Undated vendor page. · locator: Dry vs room; Cloth source

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