bouldersoundguy
Well-known member
For me that's utterly useless. The comb filtering simply changes as the gates open and close. I don't use gates on drums for that reason, except once in a while on the kick because the bleed is generally minimal.
Laser microphones?
- Thread starter dainbramage
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For me that's utterly useless. The comb filtering simply changes as the gates open and close. I don't use gates on drums for that reason, except once in a while on the kick because the bleed is generally minimal.
John Willett
Circle Sound Services
Well - Sennheiser had an optical microphone on the market over 10 years ago - so they are well used to the technology.
They have just taken it to the next level.
dainbramage
New member
I had no idea. What's next?
BigBob1962
New member
Just a different variation of a condenser mic... it can potentially be even more sensitive but ultimately, it is measuring the movement of a plate in response to sound waves striking it, and transferring that measurement into a voltage that your audio equipment can read... the limitations of the frequency response will be based on the material used for audio vibration capture... bouncing the light off a piece of glass would respond different than a piece of metal or plastic due to frequency resonance and flexibility...
guitaristic
prophet of Dave
obviously an sm57 with a laser pointer duct-taped to it for pinpoint accuracy. I hear laser mics are all the rage.
snow lizard
Dedicated Slacker
I wonder if you could actually use something like that to trigger the sidechain input of a noise gate.
We are not listening drumhead vibrations, but air vibrations coming from drumhead.
But some case drumhead pickup can be alternative or additional signal to add to mic signal.
Like piezo pickup on acoustic guitar - we are not listening saddle vibrations (when listening acoustic guitar).
But it is relatively cheap and low feedback solution, and even becomes rather lo-fi, but std on acoustic guitar.
But some case drumhead pickup can be alternative or additional signal to add to mic signal.
Like piezo pickup on acoustic guitar - we are not listening saddle vibrations (when listening acoustic guitar).
But it is relatively cheap and low feedback solution, and even becomes rather lo-fi, but std on acoustic guitar.
BroKen_H
Re-member
In theory, pointing a laser at a drum head to measure the fine nuances of the drum head movement could be used effectively for a new type of trigger for electronic drums, but it would completely ignore the dynamics of the air movement and the wood and the type of stick... Not sure if this is a great idea for recording great sounding drums, but it would be a great improvement on drum triggers.
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