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Re: Figure 8 mics (Sennheiser MKH pdf)

Subject: Re: Figure 8 mics (Sennheiser MKH pdf)
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:22 pm (PDT)
>  >It may also be a problem that most mic testing is done at fairly high
>>sound levels and they don't entirely behave the same recording much
>  >lower levels.

All mics are linear transducers--behavior at low levels is 
proportionate to that at high levels. Not true for A-D converters, 
but they have become so good in recent years that that isn't a 
concern any more.

-Dan Dugan




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