Re: mics for low frequencies

["Mike Feldman" gidney_n_cloyd]

On 26 Mar, 2008, at 9:54 PM, oryoki2000 wrote:
> What mics and recording techniques work best for low frequency
> material? I'm interested in sound audible by the human ear, not
> elephant infrasound.
>
Use omni mics (pressure) rather than directional (pressure gradient);
they are flat in the low end where directional mics roll off the low end
frequency response.
> Do mics with large diaphragm diameter work better for low frequency
> sounds?
>
Not necessarily.  My Earthworks SROs have very good low-end
response, and they have 1/8 inch diameter capsules.

-- Mike