Re: OT: Ribbon Microphone

RS <RS@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2012 07:17:14 -0700 (PDT), Flying V
<mikbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This is rather off topic,

[snip]

Condensers might be OK a bit further back, but even the large
diaphragm models are too accurate and unforgiving for some brass
instruments. Many trombonists do use dynamics though. Consider mics
that are used to make talk show voices sound big. You probably have a
few in the studio. Also some of the dynamic mics often used for guitar
will work well: Sennheiser MD-421 and family. Or if you can ever find
one, an older MD-409 is amazing--very ribbon-like in some respects.

I'm pretty sure (Shure?) that
the E-V RE-20 is still the
favorite microphone of radio
talkers -- I remember using
RE-15s for guitar amps back
in the day, and I still have
a similar-but-much-cheaper
E-V 660 which does a very
good job in that role. These
are all dynamic cardioids,
and share the "Variable D"
characteristic -- they don't
"bass up" (or at least not
very much) with decreasing
distance from the source,
which might be a very good
thing for low-pitched brass,
which could easily overwhelm
many a microphone when played
loud. Trombones, like tubas
and baritone horns, generate
a lot of sound pressure when
blown hard.

[snip]
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