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Originally Posted by Fran Guidry
We usually think of directional microphones as all or nothing, front picks up sound, back doesn't. But that's not the case at all. The sides are usually on 3-6 dB down from the front, back is 6-9 dB down, and these measurements are at 1 khz only. Different frequencies will be even less attenuated, some are more.
It's also the case that off-axis sound is less likely to be smooth and sweet.
So my experience and theory have led me to place attenuating panels behind the mics. The idea is that the sound starts at the guitar, passes the mics, passes through the panels, reflects and returns through the panels before hitting the mics again, giving double attenuation of the off-axis sound.
Of course experimentation tells the story in your particular situation, but my tests in a small untreated room definitely indicated the behind the mic position was the most effective in reducing room effects. http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/2011/...adband-panels/
Fran |
Thanks Fran for the input.
I spent a good few hours experimenting with this, and ultimately I thought that the recorded sound I got when the large panel was behind my playing position was more to my liking than when behind the mics with me playing into it.
This of course may be that the more room sound is helping with the recording - or that I am misinterpreting what I am hearing as better when it is actually just different...
All very confusing.