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Re: Mic experts unite!

Subject: Re: Mic experts unite!
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_rob
Date: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:55 pm ((PDT))
At 11:44 PM +0000 7/29/07, George Paul wrote:
>Questions for the microphone experts:
>
>1. What is the latest thinking on how good the Audio Technica 3032 omni is?
>
>Walt Knapp put two of them in a Crown SASS unit for me.  I have just 
>come back from my
>first field test and will post the results in a couple of days.  The 
>recordings sound good,
>but I have no reference to compare them to.
>
>Any thinking out there?  It sure is handy to have a $160 mic vs a 
>$1200 Sennheiser.  That
>saves over $2000 a pop for a stereo unit.
>
>2.  What happens when mics don't perform well in humidity?

Take an extra pair of mics for each recorder?  You can dry them out  
http://tinyurl.com/2becq5 but its very frustrating to not being able 
to record.

>
>I will be taking the AT 3032s to a humid environment in three weeks. 
>If they don't do well
>down there, what will I notice?

By sound with one more of these characteristics: a very low frequency 
"roar," a persistent  "fizz," rough sputtering or high frequency 
squealing.  Rob D.



>
>George Paul
>
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