Sampling choirs

[silcreval]

Any tips for sampling/recording choirs. I'm intending to use three
Stagg PGT-70's (just because I have them) and a Korg D3200 (DRS)
to record everything. Unfortunately the room does have some
reverberation (nothing I can do about that). Hoping to create various
samples/loops for different projects. Any experiences / tips?

[Automatic Gainsay]

Any tips for sampling/recording choirs. I'm intending to use three
Stagg PGT-70's (just because I have them) and a Korg D3200 (DRS)
to record everything. Unfortunately the room does have some
reverberation (nothing I can do about that). Hoping to create various
samples/loops for different projects. Any experiences / tips?

I have been fortunate in that the choirs I've recorded have been pretty good choirs. When they're good, you can feel confident with a mic in each section of the choir- as their balance between section members is going to be good and you're not going to have that idiot tenor who wants to do Broadway screwing up the mix. That way, you can bring the level of the basses up if you need to. I've always needed to, as they never have seemed to come through in recordings for me as well as they do in person.
If you have mics close to the choir/sections of the choir, you should always at least have one room mic (even without reverberation) because the sound of a choir is mostly the sound of what is happening in the room. Recording in a dead room is WAY better than recording in a room which simply has shitty reverberation.
If you're having trouble getting a good balance of the various sections of the choir with your mic arrangement, try having the choir move out of sections into alternating section individuals... S-A-T-B, etc. A halfway decent choir should be able to do this, and it'll give you a more uniform sound to mic.

[silcreval]

Great tips - thanks!