Sorry, I'm sending the wrong postings to the wrong people here.
An omni is a closed cylindrical can with a membrane as one of it's sides.
The pressure inside of it tends to be constant, and tend to keep the
membrane still, not so much affected by wind. (Or movement - handling
noise). The membrane moves because the pressure inside the can is compared=
to the pressure outside of it.
A directional mic is a tube, with a membrane as the only one side. Both
sides of the membrane will get affected by wind, and there is no "constant=
pressure" tending to hold the membrane still.
Therefore a directional mic need a much better wind protection than an omni=
and is also more sensitive to handling noise.
Imagine a tin-can where you have removed one side and replaced it with a
piece of balloon-rubber. Imagine you blow on the rubber. It will not go so=
much inwards, as the pressure inside the can will hold it where it is.
Imagine you move it. The same thing will happen. The membrane will not move=
much.
Now imagine that you take a tube and place the same rubber over it and try=
the same experiments.
If both have excellent suspension and wind protection, you will not find
much difference.
Klas.
At 17:51 2005-02-23, you wrote:
>Thanks, Klas, and let me get Rob off the hook - it wasn't him who posted
>this but me, a newbie who really only has experience with indoor
>recording. So I'm hearing this about omnis and wind reduction for the
>first time. I'm not entirely clear on the theory behind this...
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>As far as zeroing my meters, (0db, but not clipping) I did have the pres
>up pretty far as the sounds were distant and only reaching -6DB
>max. Sections where the wind was calm reveal a recording free of
>distortion so far as I can tell so far.
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>Anyway thanks again, I have some reading to do about basics, obviously.
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