Marco,=0D
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If your cardioid is having more gain than the omni, then the omni is either=
not at focus or is pointed outwards and not picking up the signal from the=
dish well. What I wrote is a fact, using a simple cardioid will have a los=
s in gain. But, as we now hear from Klas, he may be using a special wide an=
gle cardioid that would be helpful in maintaining the gain better than a si=
mple cardioid. Although, that doesn't match the gain curves I have seen fro=
m a older test on a Twin Science unit. If you are worried about clipping, m=
any recorders today offer a backup channel that can record at a different g=
ain setting or you can unlink a stereo recording and have separate gains fo=
r each channel.=0D
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The sound sample is nice, but it's just a single sample without any compari=
son using some other type of microphone at the same time, nor range indicat=
ed. So, it's very difficult to make any qualitative comparisons. =0D
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Bruce Rutkoski=0D
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www.wildtronics.com=0D
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Bruce wrote:=0D
>However, when using a cardioid, the system will have only half the gain (=
-6dB) -- like a 10 inch dish compared to a 20 inch dish. The polar response=
of a cardioid microphone does not allow it to collect the signal from much=
of the dish surface area. What does -6dB mean? You will have to be half th=
e distance to your subject to get that 6dB back.=0D
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As someone here said, not always theory is like practice.=0D
See at this recording (may 2009), entered on Soundcloud four years ago, mad=
e using a Telinga Twin Science Microphone https://soundcloud.com/marco-pese=
nte/crested-tit-telinga-twin https://soundcloud.com/marco-pesente/crested-t=
it-telinga-twin=0D
Description note on soundcloud.=0D
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Marco=0D
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