On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:27:24 +0200 Esben Stien <b0ef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would use a measurement mic to record anything (if I could afford > it) and then rather process the signal afterwards. This would be the > epitome of high fidelity audio engineering, or so is my understanding. I suppose one cannot model all the nonlinear characteristics of every microphone. The nonlinear part might be very small though compared to linear characteristics which can me modeled i.e. vs. convolution. > > > Is the color that's being added by expensive special purpose > > intrument/vocal mics the reason? > > So it seems. Another reason might be the different directional characteristics (sorry, dunno the correct english word), but i could imagine measurement mics are available with different directional characteristics, too. Flo -- Palimm Palimm! http://tapas.affenbande.org
