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Re: How close should "matched" mics be?

Subject: Re: How close should "matched" mics be?
From: Joe Planisky <>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:55:48 -0800
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:26:43 -0800 (PST)
Aaron Ximm <> wrote:

> Just to eliminate other possible signal chain culprits, you might
> invest in $10 of cables from Radio Shack to split out 1/8" mini to
> RCA, then RCA back to 1/8" mini

Good idea.  I'll do that tomorrow. 

> For the matched omni's I use a 'close match' is more like < .25 dB at
> 1 Khz.  Ideally of course matched mics should stay close across
> frequency. 3 dB is out of whack I would guess, and certainly not what
> you want. Out of curiosity, have you looked for variability across
> frequency?

Yes. It's as follows:

 100Hz 2.9 dB
 500Hz 2.8 dB
1000Hz 4.1 dB
5000Hz 3.5 dB
 10kHz 0.8 dB

--
Joe P


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>From   Tue Mar  8 18:22:59 2005
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 08:31:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Norm Trigoboff <>
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I'm looking for a recording of a Brown Cowbird begging food.  Any
ideas?
Is there a bank of publicly accessible recordings of such things?
Thanks,
Norm


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