On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 07:43:46PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > > Except that for a PZM you need a hard surface. > > well, yes and no. any practical pzm has rubber pads to protect them from > floor vibration. the mousepad i used had a rather hard surface, and soft > rubber underneath. actually just used the pad so that i could move the > microphone around and protect it from scratches and other damage. i'd > expect the lf absorption of that pad to be pretty minimal, particularly > since its area is so small compared to the relevant wavelengths. so the > relevant boundary here is the floor, not the pad. > > of course, high frequencies are messy, but as i said, with a bit of eq, > for this particular application it worked. I'm pretty sure it worked, and it's quite a creative way to solve a practical problem. I did the same on one occasion where the organiser of a theatre production didn't want to have any mics on stage or close to it - just gaffa-taped four KM84's to the walls. It worked well (but not in mono :-). Greetings from an Italy in shock. -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
