Giganova
gimmi your mic!
I don't quite understand how that kick pad works:
what's the benefit of attenuatig a signal after it has already passed the electronics of a mic?? If the SPL is too high, the capsule will clip -- if the signal gets too hot, the amp of the mic will clip, right? So what's the deal about the kick pad between the mic and the board? (Earthworks seems very secrative about how it works, since its not explained in the brochure or on their web site, so I'm a lil suspiceous)
BTW: the mics sound indeed awesome (I got the lil CD a week ago)
what's the benefit of attenuatig a signal after it has already passed the electronics of a mic?? If the SPL is too high, the capsule will clip -- if the signal gets too hot, the amp of the mic will clip, right? So what's the deal about the kick pad between the mic and the board? (Earthworks seems very secrative about how it works, since its not explained in the brochure or on their web site, so I'm a lil suspiceous)
BTW: the mics sound indeed awesome (I got the lil CD a week ago)
crazydoc
Master Baiter
I think it's an EQ, not so much a pad. The mic would have to handle high SPL's on its own, which is why the ECM8000 might not be a good choice.
I assume that, presented with a relatively flat frequency response across the audio spectrum from a mic (or whatever comes out of the SR25 - I can't find a freq plot), that it equalizes the sound by attenuation of certain frequencies (the way any passive LCR EQ works) in a manner that makes for a pleasing kick sound.
Again, by speculation on my part, if presented with the frequency response of colored mics which already boost and attenuate the spectrum from a flatline, the kickpad would process this signal in the same manner, but the mic's own intrinsic deviations would influence the output also, and a "different" sound would be present. Whether this would be more or less preferable to the sound from the SR25 would be in the ear of the listener.
I assume that, presented with a relatively flat frequency response across the audio spectrum from a mic (or whatever comes out of the SR25 - I can't find a freq plot), that it equalizes the sound by attenuation of certain frequencies (the way any passive LCR EQ works) in a manner that makes for a pleasing kick sound.
Again, by speculation on my part, if presented with the frequency response of colored mics which already boost and attenuate the spectrum from a flatline, the kickpad would process this signal in the same manner, but the mic's own intrinsic deviations would influence the output also, and a "different" sound would be present. Whether this would be more or less preferable to the sound from the SR25 would be in the ear of the listener.