audioguru said:Old very high quality microphones are called "condenser" microphones and need a DC bias voltage of about 48V to work.
audioguru said:Hi Nigel,
Few people can hear the difference between a high quality studio (very expensive) condenser microphone, and a cheap and common electret microphone.
I still have a high quality studio (very expensive) electret microphone that I use to measure speaker systems. Don't ask how I got it. :lol:
Except for its cardioid directional pickup pattern due to ports in it sides (and the nice deep vocals when upclose) it sounds exactly like the cheap omni-directional electret mics I salvage from toys.
Dr.EM said:Yeah, that design is exactly what I was looking for. A balanced low impedance output one which utilises the linkwitz mod.
Dr.EM said:Yep, always need to use dynamics for unnatural sound pressures like inside a bass and snare mics, the one on the bass has to be a special one for studio recording, designed for the job. I have 3 of these electret mics now and one dynamic, my dynamic is very poor, if I get a real drum kit sometime or do any louder recording, i'll bear those behringers in mind. You should get improvements in your sound using even electret condensers for overheads, dynamics are never recommended for overhead use.
Dr.EM said:The convention is that all close mics are dynamic (snare, tom mics, hi-hat and definately bass drum) but overheads are always condensors, though they arn't always supplied in the sets. The reason for not using dynamics as overheads comes down to thier reduced sensitivity, and more importantly "proximity effect" aswell as not being so effective at higher frequencies. With extra gain and providing the rest of the kit is close miked well, I expect good enough results can be achieved.
Dr.EM said:Yeah, drum kits are very loud up close. C1000 must be a popular choice, we use them at college for overheads, and as a general purpose mic. We use SM57 for close mics, the SM58 is similar only more tailored to vocals. We also use that D112. Capacitor is generally the American term, I normally call them condensers myself, seems less confusing.
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