On Sun, 20 May 2018 17:44:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >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. PS: A good argument against a cardioid pattern is the off-axis response! A bad argument against the cardioid pattern is breath noise of a guitarist, since a guitarist might not cause audible breath noise that often, as the guitarist might move the guitar out of the axis! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
