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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: scb on October 05, 2005, 10:27:02 AM
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Zee's post in the loaner forum got me thinking i'd ask the question here
if you already had a set of cards, and wanted a second set of mic/capss, which would you get? omnis or sub cards, and why?
(assuming you don't want hypers...looking for something more open, not more directional)
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figure 8 cap that compliments the DPAs...run M/S
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hah, well yeah. but dpa's figure 8 is known only to dpa. we'll see it someday, but not anytime soon. i wish they'd just get one out there :)
(and this thread isn't ncessarily about me and getting new mics or anything, i'm just curious about people's thoughts on this. )
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For my purposes, I went with subcards instead of omnis. IME, even the minimal rejection offered by the subcards makes a substantial difference in helping remove some of the audience noise from the recording, while still providing a very open, natural sound. Omnis sound a bit more open and natural, but not so much so that I wanted to give up the slight rejection offered by the subcards. I mainly run my subcards NOS, but have considered running split subcards in the AUD or on-stage, like one would do with omnis. Haven't done it yet, but I will one of these days.
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the rejection of the subcards offer is nice... however, if you want dramatic change b/w the cards and the other mic, i would recommend the omnis... beside, you get the pleasure of constructing a jdisc... what could be more fun? ;D
seriously though, i think omnis would have more to offer for a wider range of situations.