Chili
Site Moderator
Well, there ya go... proof that it got lost in translation.. from English to English!!!
Here's Sennheiser's version.
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/professional_wired-microphones_broadcast-eng-film_k6-series_003284
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Richard Monroe
Well-known member
It's not the film business. It's what Brits call a shotgun mic, the term is generally used on UK sites. However, Audio-Technica hasn't figured out that *our* corruption of a perfectly useful word is the one true way. Disagree with me, and I'll introduce you to my low self-noise "crossbow mic". In the UK, they call it an arbalest mic.-Richie
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Kombucha
New member
I'm from the UK and I'd never heard it till the day I asked this question. But I dunno.
mshilarious
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Richard Monroe
Well-known member
Soon, they'll be trying to ban "assault" mics. Is that what they used on Manuel Noriega? I suppose it's more elegant than the more archaic "fowling piece" mic.-Richie
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
I have a trebuchet mic
Yes I had seen this on TV the french would put about 200 trebuchet sm58s in the pouch and shoot them over the English castle walls! Total devastation.... those mics traveling 300 mph and with the center of gravity as it is with a 58 they would always hit with the ball end for the greatest affliction of destruction and death.
Surprisingly the head would only be slightly dented and still worked !!!! Even after total penetration of a human body.
Many archeological dig sights reveal what horrors this weapon of mass destruction was truly capable of.
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Paj
Well-known member
I love when this happens. What a great forum. Congress should have posted a bail-out question here.
Paj
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Berserk539
New member
I know this is an old thread, but there is a distinct difference between a shotgun and a rifle microphone.
A rifle mic is more directional than a shotgun mic (as a rifle is to a shotgun [I love similes]) and it uses a series of tubes to direct the sound to the diaphragm.
Look up a RCA MI-100006A, and you'll find an excerpt from "Handbook for Sound Engineers" by Glen Ballou on Google books.
A rifle mic is more directional than a shotgun mic (as a rifle is to a shotgun [I love similes]) and it uses a series of tubes to direct the sound to the diaphragm.
Look up a RCA MI-100006A, and you'll find an excerpt from "Handbook for Sound Engineers" by Glen Ballou on Google books.
John Willett
Circle Sound Services
Interference tube mics are commonly called "gun mics".
There are two main types - "short gun" (like an MKH 416) and "long gun" (like an MKH 816).
The "long gun" microphone is often called a "rifle mic" because of the long barrel and high directivity.
The "short gun" is sometimes called a "shotgun" mic., either because someone has mis-heard "short gun" as "shotgun", or, because of the shorter barrel and wider spread.
I hope this makes it all clear.
There are two main types - "short gun" (like an MKH 416) and "long gun" (like an MKH 816).
The "long gun" microphone is often called a "rifle mic" because of the long barrel and high directivity.
The "short gun" is sometimes called a "shotgun" mic., either because someone has mis-heard "short gun" as "shotgun", or, because of the shorter barrel and wider spread.
I hope this makes it all clear.
aaronmcoleman
The truth is out there!
I prefer shotguns for home defense, rifles for hunting, and pistols to fight my way to the shotguns and rifles. For recording I prefer microphones. I don't like to mix my hobbies, it just becomes confusing and I don't want to shoot off my face when I go to track some vocals.
Maybe this will help clear up the mic mess.
Maybe this will help clear up the mic mess.
