20 May
2018
20 May
'18
8:03 p.m.
On Sun, 20 May 2018 17:44:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 20 May 2018 11:24:42 +0200, David Kastrup
wrote:
PS: A good argument against a cardioid pattern is the off-axis response!
A bad argument against the cardioid pattern is breath noise of a
guitarist, since a guitarist might not cause audible breath noise that
often, as the guitarist might move the guitar out of the axis!
If [snip] hypercardioids are nice to have [snip]
If, if, if...
On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:20:57 -0500, Chris Caudle wrote:
On Sun, April 22, 2018 10:55 am, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
...you want to get one microphone that fits all, the _good compromise_
is the middle course. the best compromise is to buy a matched pair of
small diameter
condenser microphones. They are allrounder, not always the best
choice, especially not in the lower price segment, but again, they
are the best compromise for recording
I will say I generally agree with Ralf's assessment, with one
difference:
The polar pattern cardioid (kidney) is a good
compromise.
Off-axis response is very difficult to get consistent [snip] The most
consistent sound quality, particularly with lower cost microphones,
will typically be with an omnidirectional pattern. [snip]