
rob aylestone
Moderator
Revisiting some old stuff - but many people might not know very much about shotgun mics - especially one that is extremely long and strange! AKG actually suggested one of it's uses was for singing!!
No absolutely great - add more if you have any - I started the topic to sort of expand thinking a bit on mics and mic positions. I did these a while back and forgot about them, so after re-watching them thought maybe the content might help. The strange thing with videos of this kind on Youtube done my people over 25 is they're boring and dull - so never get much exposure, but a had a messsage from somebody saying they'd never heard these kind of comments before. I think we are all guilty of not considering alternatives when we need to do things we've done before. It's also quite fun when discover new uses for things and other times when your go to mic is not the best!Hey Rob, I hope you don't mind. I dug up a related thread from earlier this year - one of mine.
I don't hear anyone talking about PZM mic's anymore. This thread reminds me that I still have a couple of those old realistic PZM's that I have not used in a while. I remember them sounding good for certain things so I need to bust those back out and have another go with them.
What does the glass do , reflect the sound waves? ...if you mount it to wood, would those reflections record better in a microphone?I have two I keep mounted to large pieces of glass and one on the back wall of my studio. The other is still in the box.