On Sun, 20 May 2018 11:24:42 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: >If [snip] hypercardioids are nice to have [snip] If, if, if... On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:20:57 -0500, Chris Caudle wrote: >On Sun, April 22, 2018 10:55 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> the best compromise is to buy a matched pair of small diameter >> condenser microphones. They are allrounder, not always the best >> choice, especially not in the lower price segment, but again, they >> are the best compromise for recording > >I will say I generally agree with Ralf's assessment, with one >difference: > >> The polar pattern cardioid (kidney) is a good compromise. > >Off-axis response is very difficult to get consistent [snip] The most >consistent sound quality, particularly with lower cost microphones, >will typically be with an omnidirectional pattern. [snip] ...you want to get one microphone that fits all, the _good compromise_ is the middle course. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
