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2. Re: speaking of fetch

Subject: 2. Re: speaking of fetch
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:14 am ((PDT))
> I'm curious to learn whether the concept of fetch might have something to
> do with the steepness of the transfer function of a given microphone. Yes=
,
> typically we only get one number for that at a 94 dBSPL test figure, but =
it
> doesn't follow that the mV/Pa is a linear function over varying pressures=
, *
> or* that the slopes of I/O for any 2 microphones with the same 94dB
> sensitivity figure are the same.

I think if mics weren't linear, that would be obvious as distortion. Linear=
ity is, I believe, pretty easy to obtain in a microphone. The least of our =
worries.

-Dan





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