On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 03:23:47PM +0200, Cedric Roux wrote: > I liked the very end, about adding an EQ to a (as far as I understood) > cheap microphone and get the same sound than a more expensive one. > Funny. It's true, as long as we talking about just on-axis FR differences. What sets a quality mic apart are things like - noise level, - off-axis frequency response, - absence of FR errors that can't be EQ'd easily, e.g. high-Q resonances, - RFI rejection, - quality of construction and materials, - accurate and complete specs. The first two really matter when a mic is not used for a single instrument or voice, but for a complete orchestra, ensemble or section of an orchestra. Consider a mic used as part of e.g. an ORTF stereo pair for a classical music recording. It has to pick up the complete orchestra plus room sound - from all directions, not just front - with the same good frequency response. Levels can be easily more than 60 dB down compared to what's seen by a solo mic. For this sort of thing you need the star names. For once I'd agree with Ralf that there are some things you can't fix with EQ. > (I don't claim expensive mikes are useless, it's all about noise > at this point I guess, for what I understand about this business...) > Anyway, thanks for this link, it was very instructive. Yes, some good myth-busting. Ciao, -- FA _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
