25 Feb
2012
25 Feb
'12
2:46 p.m.
Switching the pattern may mean buying a new part (no idea what the
cost is) or just flipping a switch somewhere in the mic.
If you want to use a stand and be able to move your head around a bit,
I'd say a cardioid and not noise cancelling. More freedom with an
omni, but worse sound if you're picking up instruments and feedback
from the speakers, echos off the walls, etc.
The good part is you have your own and once you figure it out it will
be consistent.
-Don
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Rickey Holt <holt.e(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Don,
I was not aware of this flexibility in the G3 or how to set it. I will have
to look again at the documentation. What do you recommend?
Thanks,
Rickey Holt
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Proper use of vocal mic by caller
Short answer is it depends on the microphone.
First, they have different patterns of how sensitive they are as you go off
the center axis. Some are omnidirectional, some you really have to point at
the sound source (sometimes called a shotgun mic)
A common compromise is called a cardioid mic, because a graph of it's
sensitivity looks like a heart.
The mics that work with the ice cream cone grip are likely omni or cardioid.
Second, some are noise cancelling (may have "nc" in the model number).
These mics take the difference in signal between the front and back of the
microphone, which will be much larger if you speak right next to the mic,
and rejects sounds from farther away. I've used some mics where your lips
pretty much have to be touching the screen. THat extreme is not my favorite
at all, but I guess it helps eliminate feedback.
I looked up the G3, and it looks like you can switch the sensor in it for
different patterns. So hard to say what you are working with now.
-Don
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Rickey Holt <holt.e(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I have 3 questions about best mic use when teaching and calling at a
public contra dance:
1. What is the proper distance to the mic? I have been told that
several inches is best, and I have seen one caller who is always clear
measure that distance by placing her fist, with thumb and pinky
extended, between her mouth and the mic. I have also seen other highly
respected callers rest it on their chin. What are your feelings?
2. I have been taught to speak down the axis of the mic and not
hold it like an ice cream cone, yet many prominent callers do not seem to
do
this.
How important do you think that this is?
3. I have a good wireless mic (a Sennheiser Evolution G3), which
I like to put on its stand when I can. When I scan the room, sometimes
turning my head from side to side, how important is it to move the mic
so I do not change the angel between me and the axis of the mic?
Thank you, Rickey Holt, caller, Fremont, NH
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