mics for classical guitar
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:47:25 +0100, "Peter Larsen"
wrote:
Don Pearce wrote:
Dead is dead.
Only in an an-echoic room, in real world rooms "dead" is a room with too
little treble and too much bass.
Considering whether it is nice sounding or not is a
little like asking whether a light that is switched off is better with
a blue bulb or a pink one.
As for off axis not mattering in a dead room - that is exactly why I
suggested using an omni instead. The on-axis response of an omni is
generally much better than that of its cardioid equivalent.
Just one example to counter this: the CK1 cardioid has a smoother, albeit
gently rising, response on axis than the CK22 omni based on a measurement
referencing a 4006 in a higly damped listening room, I probably still have
the raw measurement data on some harddisk.
You can always find an exception to a general rule. Doesn't make the
rule wrong.
In a live room, of course, the situation is more complex (and much
more fun). If the room sound is good, then moving an omni back a
little might be good. This is not usually the best solution with a
cardioid, because it inevitably has a much more coloured response
off-axis that will not improve things. There are many combinations,
not all of them euphonic.
Yes. But in a dead room I'll take a cardioid over an omni or a subcardiod
because of the lack of treble from the room sound that is there. It is
simpler than having to split the recording into M and S and boost the treble
on the S.
d
Kind regards
Peter Larsen
OK, just a difference in definition of the word "dead". For me, dead
equals anechoic. If there is any kind of reverb, the room is not dead.
d
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