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Re: ribbons

Subject: Re: ribbons
From: Walter Knapp <>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 23:27:18 -0400
Dan Dugan wrote:
>
> >  > Hey all,
> >>  I was wondering how many, or rather, if any of you use ribbom mics ou=
t in
> >>  the field. My gamelan teacher took a pair of Beyer's out to Bali last=
 time
> >>  he went and said they worked extremely well with the humidity.
> >  > anyone?
>
> My main concern would be low sensitivity and therefore getting enough
> level from ambient sounds. It would be interesting to take out a pair
> of the new Royer "active ribbons" that include electronics.

I'm kind of interested in large diaphragm mics and how they would do. I
have a pair of Marshalls I'm going to play with. I did one short clip of
a frog chorus with one of them this year and it's encouraging.

Walt



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