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Re: Soundscape Recordings, mic conversion

Subject: Re: Soundscape Recordings, mic conversion
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 05:37:10 +0100
Vicky,

When you close the vents, the back of the membrane will face a can, with a
resonance frequency. Closing the vents will drastically change all
specifications of the microphone.

Klas.

At 14:55 2002-02-09 +1100, you wrote:
>Walt and All,
>
>I tried closing the back 4 rows of the ME64 cardioid mic (just by gripping
>the mic in my hand), to see if it would respond more like an omni mic.  I
>used a transistor radio as the sound source, and listened through
>headphones.  For a front on comparison of blocked and unblocked, there
>seemed to be a higher frequency boost when blocked.  For a side-on
>comparison, the blocked off version had somewhat more sensitivity than the
>unblocked version, but nothing like as clear as front on.  So there must be
>something else happening in the ME 62.  I wonder what?
>
>Vicki Powys
>Australia
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>> on 9/2/02 12:00 PM, Walter Knapp at  wrote:
>
>> A omni should sound loud and clear from all sides.
>> 
>> Sennheiser has pdf's of the specs and so on for the mics on their site.
>> Looking at those, you want to close the back 4 rows of slots. With tape
>> that's pretty soundproof.
>> 
>> Those back holes probably let in sound that kills the sound from the
>> back by phase interference.
>> 
>> The same pdf's include the polar patterns for the two mics.
>> 
>> You might also try orienting your mics vertical in a spaced
>> configuration. Looking at the polar pattern, this would result in a
>> sensitivity penalty at ground level, but that would be the same all
>> around. You would also hurt your high frequency response by a fair
>> amount. But you should then get sound from all around like a omni does.
>> 
>> Walt
>> 
>> 
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>> Vicki Powys wrote:
>> 
>>> I sure do relate to "low end - good quality", Rich!  I tried your conversion
>>> trick, to turn a ME 64 cardioid into a ME 62 omni.  Sennheiser will be very
>>> pleased to know that it didn't work!!  What a disappointment!
>>> 
>>> As I understand it, an omni mic should sound as loud and clear from both
>>> front and sides, (if for example, you were speaking into it.)  Is that how
>>> your ME 62 responds Rich?  I tried many combinations of blocking various
>>> vents on the ME 64, but I always had a cardioid effect, i.e. loud and clear
>>> at the front, but much less at the side.
>>> 
>>> I will look at Sennheiser's website for more clues.
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>From   Tue Mar  8 18:22:19 2005
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Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 20:00:44 -0500
From: Walter Knapp <>
Subject: Re: Soundscape Recordings, mic conversion

Vicki Powys wrote:

> I sure do relate to "low end - good quality", Rich!  I tried your conversion
> trick, to turn a ME 64 cardioid into a ME 62 omni.  Sennheiser will be very
> pleased to know that it didn't work!!  What a disappointment!
> 
> As I understand it, an omni mic should sound as loud and clear from both
> front and sides, (if for example, you were speaking into it.)  Is that how
> your ME 62 responds Rich?  I tried many combinations of blocking various
> vents on the ME 64, but I always had a cardioid effect, i.e. loud and clear
> at the front, but much less at the side.
> 
> I will look at Sennheiser's website for more clues.

A omni should sound loud and clear from all sides.

Sennheiser has pdf's of the specs and so on for the mics on their site.
Looking at those, you want to close the back 4 rows of slots. With tape
that's pretty soundproof.

Those back holes probably let in sound that kills the sound from the
back by phase interference.

The same pdf's include the polar patterns for the two mics.

You might also try orienting your mics vertical in a spaced
configuration. Looking at the polar pattern, this would result in a
sensitivity penalty at ground level, but that would be the same all
around. You would also hurt your high frequency response by a fair
amount. But you should then get sound from all around like a omni does.

Walt



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