PAS=Point At Stacks? I'm an idiot.
Yes. PAS = pointed at stacks
A couple other things I'm wondering about, with the CK8 capsule specifically (or maybe it applies to other short shotgun caps too, I don't know):
1) Where is the actual diaphragm in the shotgun cap? I'm assuming it's at the end that attaches to the mic body, where the vents go all the way around the capsule (and it basically looks just like a ck61 or ck63)... correct?
2) on the "interference tube" part, there's a narrow vent - maybe 1/4" wide - all the way from end to end. What direction should this vent be facing? Up? Down? To the inside? Outside? In my test run, I think I pointed them to the outside (to the R for R channel, to the L for L channel), and it seemed to work OK. Does it matter?
I've always wondered about that vent also - (I refer to it as a "slit" to avoid confusion with the other vents)
The Nak guns have this also - but its more like a millimeter wide.
I try to make the slits symmetrical if nothing else.
People have always had theories about "just inside the stack" or "just outside the stack" - I prefer to point them right at the meat...PAS (I always thought that was "Point And Shoot" taking the camera reference to mic named after a gun)
I would be going for the highest on/off axis ratio...its that off axis stuff that makes guns sound swishy or paper towel tubey.
I dont think any of our traditional patterns will work with these. If you ran XY - where would they intersect, at the tip or the cap...?
I think running them in a nice "V" shape is the way - I wouldn't get too close - as you'll end up having to angle your mics too much to make the PAS angle.
Even with a small 6 inch T-bar, the tip of the mics will be almost 12 inches apart...and the caps 8 inches -I think that gives a nice fat NOS sound.