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Double Bass Please disregard my previous thread 'Six Mic Shootout'
- Thread starter rickwolff
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I saw the thread briefly last night, and I was curious about the mic placement more than anything else.
Namely, if you recorded all 6 clips simultaneously, where were the microphones placed? (And if they were in different positions, that alone would affect the results, no?)
If you plan to re-do a similar test in the future, I'd love a pic of the mic placement if possible.
Namely, if you recorded all 6 clips simultaneously, where were the microphones placed? (And if they were in different positions, that alone would affect the results, no?)
If you plan to re-do a similar test in the future, I'd love a pic of the mic placement if possible.
Happy New year Rick, and thanks for all your testing. Luckily no humans or animals were harmed in your test 'failure' 
I had looked at your original post and thought the Ischell waveform looked a bit odd (compressed?), and I was surprised at the amplitude visible in the 'bleed' section.
I no longer have an Ischell, but the test I used for 'leakage' involved fitting the mic, then listening through headphones via my little Yamaha mixer or my Zoom H5 (I always tested it at home before heading off to a gig).
With this method, without playing the bass, I could hear high pitched ambient room noise leaking into the mic until the putty seal was perfect. Once fitted correctly, it sounded as though my ears had become blocked, or had 'gone underwater' - there was only muffled low frequency bleed audible.
regards, Steve
I had looked at your original post and thought the Ischell waveform looked a bit odd (compressed?), and I was surprised at the amplitude visible in the 'bleed' section.
I no longer have an Ischell, but the test I used for 'leakage' involved fitting the mic, then listening through headphones via my little Yamaha mixer or my Zoom H5 (I always tested it at home before heading off to a gig).
With this method, without playing the bass, I could hear high pitched ambient room noise leaking into the mic until the putty seal was perfect. Once fitted correctly, it sounded as though my ears had become blocked, or had 'gone underwater' - there was only muffled low frequency bleed audible.
regards, Steve
