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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: jerryfreak on May 28, 2019, 09:31:12 PM
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came across this on another board
interesting specs
https://www.lewitt-audio.com/microphones/lct-recording/lct-540-subzero
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The polar graph gets pretty weird in the high frequencies. It goes from subcard-ish at the low frequencies to I-don't-even-know-what at the highest frequencies. It might be good for its intended use, vocals, but I wouldn't be in a hurry to try it in a concert taping situation.
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Yup. Typical of large, dual-diaphragm microphones with a single, shared backplate between the two membranes (late 1920s-style U 47-type capsule, as opposed to the more modern, i.e. mid-1960s-style, U 67/87 type, which is assembled as two independent "half-capsules" and then combined).
They must have paid a lot for the writing on this Web site, is all I can say. Such smooth words.
Well, also I can repeat my mantra, that when a manufacturer tells you the application(s) that a microphone was designed for, believe them! Studio vocals call for very nearly the opposite characteristics from semi-distant stereo main microphone recording in several key respects.
--best regards
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But, but, but it’s cutting-edge and forward-thinking and fine-grained! I think my pants are too tight.
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The polar graph gets pretty weird in the high frequencies. It goes from subcard-ish at the low frequencies to I-don't-even-know-what at the highest frequencies.
whoa i didnt even know that graph was interactive i thought it was just some generic cardiod pattern shown
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They must have paid a lot for the writing on this Web site, is all I can say. Such smooth words.
I didn't bother to read the website until you posted this. Wow. Sometimes I think marketing departments get paid by the adjective. One of my favorite bits:
"As a result, a way of experiencing sound at infinite depth and absolute precision came to life; its name, the LCT 540 SUBZERO."
:lol:
Well, also I can repeat my mantra, that when a manufacturer tells you the application(s) that a microphone was designed for, believe them! Studio vocals call for very nearly the opposite characteristics from semi-distant stereo main microphone recording in several key respects.
Yes, but this one then goes straight to hand-waving that away. It's a vocal mic! I mean... you can put that sauce on anything!
// First and foremost designed to be an outstanding vocal microphone.
// Naturally, thanks to its specifications, it is suitable for almost any application.
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Well, also I can repeat my mantra, that when a manufacturer tells you the application(s) that a microphone was designed for, believe them!
"Naturally, thanks to its specifications, it is suitable for almost any application." ;D
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They seem overly enamoured with low self noise in a mic aimed at close vocal recording.
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now that you-all have made me look again--they get a crucial word wrong in a fundamental way.
"dampen" = to make wet or moist
vs.
"damp" (as a verb) = to restrain vibratory motion
(unless they mean that the microphone becomes wet when stimulated properly ...)
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now that you-all have made me look again--they get a crucial word wrong in a fundamental way.
"dampen" = to make wet or moist
vs.
"damp" (as a verb) = to restrain vibratory motion
Both are correct.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dampen (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dampen)
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dampen (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dampen)
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dampen (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dampen)
(unless they mean that the microphone becomes wet when stimulated properly ...)
Well played. :clapping:
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well now we know what the kidzzzz were talking about when they said they only patch into the 'dank' microphones
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voltronic, I don't think that the dictionaries reflect the usage of most educated writers on this topic, which is what I mostly go by.
Of course I don't consider someone an educated writer if we disagree about usage ...
--best regards to you and to Mahler
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voltronic, I don't think that the dictionaries reflect the usage of most educated writers on this topic, which is what I mostly go by.
That's fair. The OED has allowed some absolutely ridiculous things in over recent years. I suspect they will do anything to stay relevant.
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Has anyone played with the multi-pattern LCT441?
I assume it is yet another C414 knockoff, but wondering ...
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https://www.soundonsound.com/search/all/Lewitt
FWIW.