8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
9:58 p.m.
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:23:03AM +0100, Esben Stien wrote:
This is not the way I understand it. The membrane and
it's mounting
are fragile in such a manner that too high a volume, or in the
extreme, beat-boxing, loud drumming or dropping in on the floor, might
brake the mic beyond repair (static mics are most often damaged by
accidentally being dropped on the floor).
I definitely believe that dropping them would damage them. Not many
mics besides an SM57 I'd willingly drop and expect to have them
working ::-)
But I'll vouch that many condensors are plenty tough with loud stuff!
Mine have been through lots of drum tracking, plenty of it clipping!
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross(a)lug.udel.edu
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37