So I'm casually reviewing some ambient field recordings today and it
dawns on me: Recordings that I've made using cardiods (in my case,
usually some ORTF variation) seem to translate better to my
loudspeakers than recordings I've made with omnis. ("Better" as in
richer, deeper, more spacious, more interesting.) The converse also
seems to be true: Recordings that I've made with omnis (in my case,
usually involving a small boundary and head-like spacing) seem to
translate better to headphones than those I've made with cardioids.
Am I late in understanding something extraordinarily basic here? Could
my playback systems be deceiving me? Have I totally lost my judgment?
Thoughts on this, anyone?
Curt Olson
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"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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