[LAU] Pro Audio? OT rant.

Fons Adriaensen fons at linuxaudio.org
Sat Dec 29 19:54:45 UTC 2012


On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 09:48:34AM -0500, Thomas Vecchione wrote:

> A directional mic can give quite a bit more than just a few dB of added
> headroom before feedback.  Take a look at the frequency response charts of
> the 'standard', the SM58, which pretty much has 10dB down across the
> board.

True if you consider only the direct sound, which may be valid
in the case of monitors close to the mic. OTOH, if the feedback
is mainly due to indirect sound which will come from all directions
then a cardioid provides just 4.8 dB advantage. Which of course
could make a difference. 

Ciao,

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