Hello All,

Worked a project this past weekend for a director where the subject
was a little 9 year old boy capturing some monologue lines. Given the
fidgety nature of this young lad and wanting to avoid needless
retakes, we had all sorts of mics stuck in front of him - SM-58,
SM-57, MC-012, and an MXL-990. We got good tracks on the boy but what
took me by surprise was when the director would come up behind the
micrphone farm and speak (as part of a dialogue) I got one of the best
sounding captures of her from rear lobe of the MXL-990. Wow....

So like does anybody else out there make routine use of the rear lobes
on their LDC mics?

One of them Eureka moments... vbg

Andy

Andy Eng wrote:
Hello All,

Worked a project this past weekend for a director where the subject
was a little 9 year old boy capturing some monologue lines. Given
the
fidgety nature of this young lad and wanting to avoid needless
retakes, we had all sorts of mics stuck in front of him - SM-58,
SM-57, MC-012, and an MXL-990. We got good tracks on the boy but
what
took me by surprise was when the director would come up behind the
micrphone farm and speak (as part of a dialogue) I got one of the
best
sounding captures of her from rear lobe of the MXL-990. Wow....

So like does anybody else out there make routine use of the rear
lobes
on their LDC mics?

One of them Eureka moments... vbg

Andy


I do whenever I have it in figure 8 or omni mode.

Andy Eng wrote:
Worked a project this past weekend for a director where the subject
was a little 9 year old boy capturing some monologue lines. Given
the
fidgety nature of this young lad and wanting to avoid needless
retakes, we had all sorts of mics stuck in front of him - SM-58,
SM-57, MC-012, and an MXL-990. We got good tracks on the boy but
what
took me by surprise was when the director would come up behind the
micrphone farm and speak (as part of a dialogue) I got one of the
best
sounding captures of her from rear lobe of the MXL-990. Wow....

So like does anybody else out there make routine use of the rear
lobes
on their LDC mics?

One of them Eureka moments... vbg

Andy

I once accidently put a D112 (LD dynamic kick drum mic) in a kick drum
backwards. When I noticed it, I put it the "correct" way. It didn't
sound as good so I put it back.

Of course, I have never liked these mics very much, except as a problem
solver or if someone wants their little jazz kick drum to sound like
a big rock kick drum.

They actually are more useful for recording vocals.

Rob R.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:05:57 -0500, Andy Eng wrote
(in article ):

Hello All,

Worked a project this past weekend for a director where the subject
was a little 9 year old boy capturing some monologue lines. Given the
fidgety nature of this young lad and wanting to avoid needless
retakes, we had all sorts of mics stuck in front of him - SM-58,
SM-57, MC-012, and an MXL-990. We got good tracks on the boy but what
took me by surprise was when the director would come up behind the
micrphone farm and speak (as part of a dialogue) I got one of the best
sounding captures of her from rear lobe of the MXL-990. Wow....

So like does anybody else out there make routine use of the rear lobes
on their LDC mics?

One of them Eureka moments... vbg

Andy

Why not if it has a figure of eight pattern?

Well one reason is that MANY low cost multipattern mics have a backside that
sounds nothing like the front side.

Thanks!

You're welcome.

Regards,

Ty Ford



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