In Reply to: Do Microphones "Hear" Like The Human Ear/Brain Does? posted by thetubeguy1954 on March 25, 2011 at 13:08:42:
There are so many differences.
Even some cheap dynamic mics can clearly pick up conversations from a block away. They all react to transients/sibilants/plosives differently. They all have a pickup pattern (cardioid, figure-8, etc.) and their frequency response can vary greatly at different points in the pattern. (Or think of it the other way: for any given frequency, their pattern may look very different from the pattern at another frequency.) Most mics exhibit a proximity effect, where they over-emphasize the lower end of the voice as the speaker/singer gets closer. Some mics can handle huge dynamics; others, no.
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