mic question (bass boost/phase)

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<genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>some mic designs like large-diaphragm cardioid condensers will have the
>bass response boosted if you put the mic very close to the sound
>source.
>
>is this because of phase issues?

It's because of the cardioid pattern. I think how the proximity effect
works is discussed in the FAQ. I know there was a long discussion of
this here a couple years ago.

EV used to also have a nice discussion of this on the glossy sheet for
the RE-20.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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David Satz wrote:

> Now if a wave is more nearly spherical when it strikes one side of the
> capsule but more nearly plane when it strikes the other side, there
> will be a greater resulting force than if the wavefront had the same
> shape on both sides. The output of a pressure-gradient transducer is
> proportional to the difference between the sound pressure at the front
> and back of the capsule. So ultimately it's that discrepancy in
> wavefront shape between the front and back of the capsule that causes
> the bass boost.

I'd thought this too but came to wonder why the effect, as
described, would be at all frequency dependant.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein