Dan, can you help me with this....where is the capsule on my MKH60 shotgun? I
have it in an M/S rig with my MKH30 and the capsule on the '30 is easy to see
but not so the '60.
dave
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www.morrisonphotographics.com
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> > i am not really sure how exact i should line up the diaphragms. Is there
> > some kind of rule i am supposed to follow or is the kind of thing where you
> > experiment and learn (rule of thumb).
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> The rule is to get the capsules (inside the mic) as close together as
> possible. Since they're going to be physically separated, they are best
> aligned so that the distance is minimized in the horizontal plane, since
> stereo directivity is a horizontal thing (think left and right speakers). So
> the capsules should be positioned one above the other. That equalizes the
> path distance from sources in the horizontal plane.
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> The closer this is to right, the higher in frequency M/S processing (like
> conversion to left-right) will be accurate. For reference, a 20 KHz wave is
> about half an inch long, meaning a spacing of 1/2 wave, 1/4" will produce a
> null when summed. Put the center point of one diaphragm over the center point
> of the other.
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> -Dan Dugan
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