Walt Knapp wrote:
> Posted by: "Rob Danielson"
>
>> It seems the boundary aspect of Curt's rig is quite a bit closer to
>> the SASS than the Jecklin. His wood extends infron providing
>> attenuation though different Hz affect than the foam baffle. The SASS
>> mics are at a wider angle but both designs are fairly front-facing.
>
> When I first looked at Curt's experiments it did look like he was
> reinventing the SASS. Some of his other experiments duplicate other
> boundary mic experiments.
Call my rigs anything you want. Here's the background:
I used Crown PZMs extensively during my years working in music and live
concert production. Crown's literature on boundary mics is full of
interesting ideas, and I tried a number of them back then in addition
to most of the other standard micing techniques, using a fairly wide
range of both high-end and modest mics. I developed a reasonable
working knowledge, but my level of real understanding was not very
deep. (I suspect this is often the case in pro audio, though few will
admit it.)
Thankfully over the last couple years I've been able to slow down
enough to do some serious "tinkering in the garage" with various stereo
mic rigs in order to better understand what really happens with this or
that type of array. And of course it's all been based on concepts that
have been out there for decades. There are only so many ways to make
stereo. It shouldn't surprise anyone that similar ideas turn up again
and again in one form or another. I figure that truly original
"breakthrough" thoughts are extremely rare, and I certainly haven't had
any on this subject. But I think I understand much better what I'm
hearing and doing now than I did a few years ago.
Curt Olson
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