[Arny Krueger]

"Eeyore" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:

Most microphones used for recording have frequency response deviations
+/-
5 dB in the audible range, either on-axis or off-axis or both. In fact
almost all of them do. Many of these mics are celebrated for whatever
deviations from perfectly flat response that they have.

And many are loathed for it too.

Few really decent mics are that bad

Mics that are flat within +/- 5 dB over the 20-20 KHz range are like hen's
teeth, outside of measurement mics and mics patterned after them.

And using off-axis response as a back-up is obfuscation.

Most sound reaches most mics outside of a 5 or 10 degree off-axis cone.

For example, most if not all of the well-known minimalist and coincident
micing techniques put the center of the sound source 45 degrees or more
off-axis. With them, it is considered acceptable practice to have important
sound sources up to 90 or more degrees off-axis.