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RE: Hopelessly Naive Microphone Questions

Posted by chi7 (M) on December 13, 2007 at 10:59:02

In Reply to: RE: Hopelessly Naive Microphone Questions posted by mpathus on December 12, 2007 at 22:58:28:

If you happen to have any sound companies in your area, see if they will rent you a AKG 451, this is a reasonably good condenser mike, quite sensitive, if you drop it you bought it! A D-12-E would also be a very God like choice for a dynamic mic, same rules apply. You can record it in mono and give the signal a psudo stereo image through the DSP in your sound card, also see if there are any compression plug ins for your DSP for an acceptable dynamic range between loud and not so loud signals.

You could also try a "Shotgun" mike, (highly directional, very tight and controlled pickup pattern and large diaphragm) and look at an acoustically reflective surface of the room, (ceiling, wall) giving you a more ambient acoustic picture of the room. A Crown PZM would also give you a sensitive mic which would get the room sounds but controlling the pickup pattern is a bear, I would also be concerned about phase canceling of random freq.

Your going to need a preamp or mixer to power any condenser, some EQ would be good and it will give your sound card the line in's it wants.

Suggested Reading, Yamaha's Pro Audio Bible, My copy is on loan and I don't remember the title "Sound systems for ???-??? and houses of worship"?? (How fitting, I would remember the most unlikely phrase)
any way it's every thing you need to know about audio, Don Davis knows his stuff.
Sometimes the real trick isn't the right answer but the right question,
Enjoy!;) ps, if I can get a hold of this dolt I will post the title and stock #

Edits: 12/13/07

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