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Re: Bass loss of no concern.

Subject: Re: Bass loss of no concern.
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:09:15 +0200
Well, you have lost 2 or 3 db with a sennheiser eight, compared to a similar
cardioid.

Klas.

At 17:54 2002-07-26 -0700, you wrote:
>Bass loss of no concern?  What about hippos, elephants
>to name just 2.
>Tony.
>--- Klas Strandberg <> wrote:
>> Walt, the Sennheiser 8's DO have an audible base
>> loss, compared to "the
>> same" omni capsule, MKH20 or cardioid, MKH40. Deep
>> down, though, of no
>> concern to any wildlife recordists than close miking
>> frog recordists. But
>> there are 8's with almost the same as an omni. Want
>> one?
>> 
>> Klas.
>> 
>> At 17:12 2002-07-25 -0400, you wrote:
>> >oryoki2000 wrote:
>> >
>> >> "However, while it's true that when you play back
>> that Blumlein-miked
>> >> stereo recording over loudspeakers, you'll hear
>> the sound of each
>> >> musician coming from the right place in space,
>> coincident techniques
>> >> are generally not so good at capturing the actual
>> sounds, the tonal
>> >> colors of the instruments. Figure-8 mikes tend
>> not to have full bass
>> >> response, and depending on which microphones you
>> use from which
>> >> manufacturers, they won't preserve their
>> theoretical figure-8 pattern
>> >> at all frequencies. As a result, at some
>> frequencies, particularly in
>> >> the bass, the image will collapse to mono."
>> >
>> >Just a note, the Sennheiser MKH-30, MKH-80 and
>> MKH-800, all of which can
>> >do figure 8 do not have this fall off. Nice flat
>> response curve. I
>> >wonder which brand mics they are talking about?
>> >
>> >Walt
>> >
>> >
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