Re: What is your favorite microphone?

On 29 Jun 2007, "Lumpy" <lumpy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
alt.guitar.beginner:

Charmed Snark wrote:
[mic characteristics]
- ruggedness

- and the differences in the response curves (there is some
difference-- but the real question is-- can you hear it?)

There are also differences in "response patterns".
Take an omni vs a figure 8 type of pattern.

Sensitivity is another (this is different than response).

Some things can't be quantified well when measuring mics.
....
But when humans sing, it's a lot more complex than
a signal generator. Some vowels, consonants, fricatives
that humans pronounce are louder than other. Sibilance
and plosives present different types of air movement
to the mic diaphragm. That's difficult to simulate and
measure with a sweep generator.
....
Lumpy

And on top of all of that, as Ed pointed out earlier, what receives
and re-amplifies and re-creates the sound in your ear all adds to
the end result and your own perceptions. There is no "pure"
amplifier-speaker chain, no matter how much money you throw at it.

Snark.

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