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Why is a AT2035 better when used upside down?
I saw this comment a few times and I'm curious as to why. Is this true or an urban legend,
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It's not true.
Tube mics are sometime hung upside down because of the heat. The 2035 is a solid state mic. |
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I've never heard this before...and I would seriously doubt that it's true. I use AT4050s quite often & have hung them right side up, upside down & sideways without hearing any difference in tone. The different positions were merely a product of getting the mic into the right place for the recording.
The reason you see people hang mics upside down in old pictures comes from using old tube mics. They would get hot and engineers began hanging them upside down to keep the heat from the tube in the mic body from wafting up to the capsule & effecting the mic's sound/performance. HTH.
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There's another very practical reason to hang the mics upside down: If you hang them upside down and right about nose level, they don't get in the way of sheet music or a lead sheet on a music stand below.
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In my world, big mics in general are more practical upside down about 95% of the time. Especially if they're on a boom. They're always in the way of something otherwise.
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I also find singers don’t pop them as badly/often when I drop them in from above (I still use pop shields). I noticed Chris Thiel was using a large diaphragm rotated sidewise for his mandolin on “Live From Here" the last couple weeks. |
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In video/photo situations, sideways is the least intrusive. Good with keyboard players who need to either read music or have eye contact, too. I try not to do it unless I have to because the strain on the mount is huge, and there's a far greater risk of having the mount or the boom allow the mic to droop (or worse) mid-take. There's no sonic benefit, near as I can tell.
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Bob
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HiBob
For ‘users’ no-alchemy (or engineer-speak) is better. And even though you can engineer-speak with the best of ‘em…I sure appreciate your simple explanations! |
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Why has no one stated the obvious reason - because they look cooler upside down.
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Besides the already mentioned reasons, supposedly if you raise the mic diaphragm slightly above nose level, the vocalist has to tilt the head up slightly which can help open up the angle of the windpipe for more air flow ... whether it makes much difference I don't know
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Teachers and choirmasters and opera singers and at least one recording engineer would probably disagree with you. I'm pretty sure about the recording engineer. :-)
Last edited by Kerbie; 12-30-2018 at 09:01 AM. Reason: Rule #1 |
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Maybe so, I guess I must have heard it from the vocal coach, and from several recording engineers actually, so if there is disagreement if would be with them.
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As for whether it makes a difference or not, we can see for ourselves without vocal coaches or engineers. Just raise your chin up wolf-howl high, sing the open vowel sound of your choice, and slowly lower your chin toward your chest. At about the midpoint, you may start to hear (and feel) a difference. Or you may not. I don't know. :-) Last edited by Kerbie; 12-30-2018 at 09:06 AM. Reason: Edited quote |
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And last, Perhaps I should have specified .....It was just something I heard a couple of different engineers (on two different coasts ) mention as a reason for mic position , but could definitely just be individual audio engineer folklore......Lets move on shall we ?
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