[Scott Dorsey]

drichard wrote:

I didn't realize there was a formula for projecting the amount of
proximity effect on a mic during recording. Maybe this is a dumb
question, but is there anywhere I can read up on this?

It's a function of the microphone pattern and the distance, both. The
closer to a figure-8 mike, the more proximity effect, the closer to an
omni, the less.

Any given microphone should have curves on the data sheet that list
response up close and far-field, but a lot of manufacturers have stopped
doing this is part of the general attempt to dumb-down datasheets. So
you will have to use your ears.
--scott
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