drossfile
nope
i recently got busted in the drum forum promulgating the popular myth that larger diaphragms reproduce low frequencies better than SDs because of the physical size of low freq waves.
while i have repented for these high crimes and misdemeanors, and after re-reading a lot of the "mic design" sticky, it occurred to me that i had read all of this before, but it didn't stick. why didn't it stick in my mind? because things have to make sense to me before i remember them.
(the following statement is gonna sound sarcastic, but i swear it's not)
so here's my challenge, and i think it's a fair one, although i'm confident that there's a perfectly rational, scientific explanation for why those in the know declare with authority that "size doesn't matter":
if diaphragm size has absolutely nothing to do with a mic's ability to capture low frequencies, then why is it that every single kick mic on the market is a large diaphragm dynamic???
furthermore, what about subkicks? why would you need such a large "speaker" mass to capture ultra-lows so effectively if there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in low-freq capabilities between SDs and LDs?
i'm not at all being sarcastic or pretending to know more than the experts. i'm genuinely puzzled by this and it's driving me nuts.
while i have repented for these high crimes and misdemeanors, and after re-reading a lot of the "mic design" sticky, it occurred to me that i had read all of this before, but it didn't stick. why didn't it stick in my mind? because things have to make sense to me before i remember them.
(the following statement is gonna sound sarcastic, but i swear it's not)
so here's my challenge, and i think it's a fair one, although i'm confident that there's a perfectly rational, scientific explanation for why those in the know declare with authority that "size doesn't matter":
if diaphragm size has absolutely nothing to do with a mic's ability to capture low frequencies, then why is it that every single kick mic on the market is a large diaphragm dynamic???
furthermore, what about subkicks? why would you need such a large "speaker" mass to capture ultra-lows so effectively if there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in low-freq capabilities between SDs and LDs?
i'm not at all being sarcastic or pretending to know more than the experts. i'm genuinely puzzled by this and it's driving me nuts.