Members Tomm Williams Posted March 13, 2011 Members Share Posted March 13, 2011 Was flipping through a copy of Shure's "Microphone Techniques For Live Sound" and came across an illustration of the directional pattern of a SC mic. The illustration showed the rear lobe covering a significant portion of the body of what appeared to be a beta87. Then it occurred to me that this would seem to contribute greatly to handling noise. So my question is: Do SC's (as a whole) have greater handling noise than say a straight cardioid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dennis a Posted March 13, 2011 Members Share Posted March 13, 2011 Was flipping through a copy of Shure's "Microphone Techniques For Live Sound" and came across an illustration of the directional pattern of a SC mic. The illustration showed the rear lobe covering a significant portion of the body of what appeared to be a beta87. Then it occurred to me that this would seem to contribute greatly to handling noise. So my question is: Do SC's (as a whole) have greater handling noise than say a straight cardioid? I don't know the answer to that but cardioid and super cardioid definitely have more handling noise than omni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coaster Posted March 13, 2011 Members Share Posted March 13, 2011 i have not noticed any significant handling noise difference between an sm57 and a b57a. i would guess that build quality of the internals would play a larger part in handing noise than pattern; example pg series have serious handling noise compared to sm series while patterns are similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted March 13, 2011 Members Share Posted March 13, 2011 Handling noise for the most part is due to mechanical considerations and not pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dennis a Posted March 13, 2011 Members Share Posted March 13, 2011 http://www.dpamicrophones.com/en/Mic-University/Technology-Guide/Directional-vs-Omnidirectional-Microphones.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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