Comments on: Transient Response and Microphone Selection http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/02/transient-reponse-and-microphone-selection/ Home recording and project studio blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: des http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/02/transient-reponse-and-microphone-selection/comment-page-1/#comment-56167 des Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:21:29 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/02/transient-reponse-and-microphone-selection/#comment-56167 David, I'm not sure the "flapping" is tension related (or even related to the ribbon at all.) The ribbon mic in the samples above was this one, before I modded it: http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/17/ribbon-mic-mod-part-1-apex-205/ You can see in a few of the pics that the tension's right where it should be. I wonder now, after the fact, if I'm just seeing resonance in the canister. Probably I should record another sample with the modded mic. David,

I’m not sure the “flapping” is tension related (or even related to the ribbon at all.) The ribbon mic in the samples above was this one, before I modded it: http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/17/ribbon-mic-mod-part-1-apex-205/

You can see in a few of the pics that the tension’s right where it should be.

I wonder now, after the fact, if I’m just seeing resonance in the canister. Probably I should record another sample with the modded mic.

]]> By: David Gatwood http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/02/transient-reponse-and-microphone-selection/comment-page-1/#comment-56143 David Gatwood Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:42:50 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/02/transient-reponse-and-microphone-selection/#comment-56143 I suspect that the transient response you're seeing on that ribbon is caused more by the particular choice of ribbon. Chinese ribbon mics like the 205 have a very high rate of insufficient ribbon tension (like two out of every three of them). The result is that the ribbon slaps around wildly. Retension your ribbon and I suspect that long tail will almost completely go away, putting it somewhere between the SDC and the dynamic. I suspect that the transient response you’re seeing on that ribbon is caused more by the particular choice of ribbon. Chinese ribbon mics like the 205 have a very high rate of insufficient ribbon tension (like two out of every three of them). The result is that the ribbon slaps around wildly. Retension your ribbon and I suspect that long tail will almost completely go away, putting it somewhere between the SDC and the dynamic.

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