You may have seen my recent thread on robust mics for portable use: Basically I want to be able to take a couple of mics, with mixer and flash recorder, to people's homes and offices, to record speech, round-the-table podcasts. Ie. untreated rooms.
I'm thinking of getting a pair of sE2as to record speech, as they do hypercardioid so will reject more room reflections than a cardiod. (supposedly, although I've never used a hypercardioid mic)
Ok, they won't give me the 'warm' sound of a LDC, but I'll save on room noise with the hypercardioid option.
SDCs for speech use? Or a definite no no?
Or can someone recommend an LDC with hypercardioid for less than £150 ($220) each?
I'm thinking of getting a pair of sE2as to record speech, as they do hypercardioid so will reject more room reflections than a cardiod. (supposedly, although I've never used a hypercardioid mic)
Ok, they won't give me the 'warm' sound of a LDC, but I'll save on room noise with the hypercardioid option.
SDCs for speech use? Or a definite no no?
Or can someone recommend an LDC with hypercardioid for less than £150 ($220) each?