I made a recent recording with my SP-CMC-8's with the AT943 cardiod caps recently, also using the Sound Professionals hat mount. I had great luck using this setup with their omni caps earlier, and had similarly good luck using the cards in other situations. I taped from the floor relatively close to center, not too far back, in a good-sounding room. The recording is not unlistenable, but is definitely not as good as other results from these same mics in similar (or worse) rooms.
I am wondering if, because I had the caps sitting flush with the hat mount, with the side "vents" on the capsule covered, this negatively effected the recording? Would it be better to push the mics a bit further forward so these vents were uncovered?
The only other issues I can identify are simply that the venue sound was worse than I thought it was, or that the hat mount combined with the natural tilt of my head aimed the mics at too much of an upward angle. I know a lot of folks use various types of mics in hats for low-profile recording, so I would be curious to hear if it's been a problem for others.
Any thoughts much appreciated.