"Bob Cain" wrote in message ...

David Morgan (MAMS) wrote:

Never, with a dynamic.... But I'd be very careful as to where and
how I might 'tap' a condenser or ribbon of any sort.

I've a hard time seeing
how tapping a condenser would hurt it. The mass of a
diaphram is so small that impact on the body would hardly
displace it unless accompanied by large displacement. Even
if it did move in and hit the the back plate, so what.

I suppose I'm more aware of my control room 'reaction'. Ever have
an acoustic guitar player cough or even exhale strongly toward, say
a KM-84 with no wind screen, and then reach down and touch it as
he apologizes? It's hard to imagine 'tapping' on the front of such a
mic.... body, no problem, front though? Scary.... I can't help but to
cringe as the TADs bottom out in the control room after 94dB of 10hz
rearranges the molecules in the walls and reminds you of the days
before 'sonic booms' were frowned upon. I should agree though,
there's no imminent danger to a condenser, either.

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David Morgan (MAMS)
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Morgan Audio Media Service
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Ever have
an acoustic guitar player cough or even exhale strongly toward, say
a KM-84 with no wind screen, and then reach down and touch it as
he apologizes?

Or better yet, when they get up to come in & listen & hit the mic with the
guitar. Tiny little click out in the studio, big crash in the control room.

Scott Fraser

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On 2004-06-14 (ScotFraser) said:
Ever have
an acoustic guitar player cough or even exhale strongly toward, say
a KM-84 with no wind screen, and then reach down and touch it as
he apologizes?
Or better yet, when they get up to come in & listen & hit the mic
with the guitar. Tiny little click out in the studio, big crash in
the control room.
Yah, had that happen with all sorts of instrumentalists, or the
drummer who uses the floor tom to hold his sticks and drops them on
the drum as he gets up to come in and have a listen.

Anybody who's recorded with me knows that I have a certain little
trip for the ring out of a last chord. I"ll hit the talkback and do
something like "shhhh, don't anybody move," and then when channels are
muted etc. and we're sure the last note has been allowed to ring out
and decay cleanly then I'll say something.


tHen there's the doofus who thinks the mic is a handy place to hang
his phones g.



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