Re: MXL 860 RIBBON
2015/05/06 10:49:47
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Pressure zone mic, or boundary mic. One of those flat pads with a small diaphragm hooked over it. You'll see them used for conference tables usually. The sound is reflected off the pad to the small diaphragm so you get a very phase coherent sound in an Omni pattern.
Back last century after I bought an analog 8 track and they sold me two mid-level Crowns cheap since they were being discontinued. Great deal tho I had no idea how to use them. They are very very clean but will pick up plenty of bass if you put them on a flat surface which extends the wave length (ie. bass) that is reflected back to the diaphragm. Here at home I use 3-4 mics for drums - stereo overheads (sometimes I'll use the pzms on stands instead of my SDCs) or I'll use one pzm on the wood floor in front of the kick equidistant from the overheads to balance it all out. You get nice, clean bass extension that way, with a hint of woody flavor (oak ;-)). But you have to have a nice one - $50 "soundgrabbers" are fine for VO conferences but not for music.
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