
SouthSIDE Glen
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I honestly wasn't sure if he was joking about the mic thing or was serious.bennychico11 said:well, microphones hanging upside down in studios has nothing to do with noise, generally. It's more of a space reason to get the microphone and microphone stand out of the way....or for Tube mics. Our noise enters the microphone cable, not the microphone. So it doesn't matter where the microphone is.

I think the whole mic upside down thing started with the tube mics. The idea was that the tubes generated heat that when rising could warp or otherwise affect the condenser elements. So hanging the tube upside down allowed the heat to rise away from the condenser instead of into it. Though the space thing is also valid.
Nowadays I think there are two reeasons why people hang their mics upside down. one is the space/room thing, the other is because it looks "k3wl"
