[LAU] OT: Microphone choice for pipe organ

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 07:43:46PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:

> > Except that for a PZM you need a hard surface.
> 
> well, yes and no. any practical pzm has rubber pads to protect them from
> floor vibration. the mousepad i used had a rather hard surface, and soft
> rubber underneath. actually just used the pad so that i could move the
> microphone around and protect it from scratches and other damage. i'd
> expect the lf absorption of that pad to be pretty minimal, particularly
> since its area is so small compared to the relevant wavelengths. so the
> relevant boundary here is the floor, not the pad.
> 
> of course, high frequencies are messy, but as i said, with a bit of eq,
> for this particular application it worked.

I'm pretty sure it worked, and it's quite a creative way
to solve a practical problem. I did the same on one occasion
where the organiser of a theatre production didn't want to 
have any mics on stage or close to it - just gaffa-taped four
KM84's to the walls. It worked well (but not in mono :-).

Greetings from an Italy in shock.

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