Yep, Fred. During my music career a mic's "proximity effect" (close talk) was perfect to enhance a vocal with that special Big Bopper or Elvis bottom end. And, think Righteous Brothers too....."You never close your eyes......" rattled the walls. Sure 55's and SM-58's were ideal for that. And if you ever saw George Carlin live........the proximity effect was his trademark accent to any point he wanted to drive home.
Ah, the good old days. Terry, W0FM -----Original Message----- From: Ron D'Eau Claire [mailto:r...@cobi.biz] Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 8:48 PM To: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RX eq This unwanted effect is largely avoided by using a communications mic correctly - speaking *across* the front of it, not into it. A boom mic that will reach the front of your face should be positioned *below* your mouth. Note that most newer boom mics stop short of the mouth. That automatically ensures you won't talk into it. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- On 2/18/2012 3:14 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > Electret ("condenser") mics also show a bass boost when worked close > as with a headset or close talked hand mic. That's why - in addition > to limiting hum and background noise - it's generally best to set the > K3's two lowest EQ bands to -16 and set 200 Hz to -6 or so. While in college, I had a job for awhile at KPFA [FM] in Berkeley CA. They had one of those old RCA "velocity" mics [the sort of prismatic-shaped ones, fairly big] on the control board and one of my shifts was to sign the station on the air at 0600. I discovered that, if I crawled right up to the mic while reading the sign-on script, I could sound like Johnny Cash instead of a 17 year old. The effect was striking. I think it's true of most mics, this one was just extreme... . 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
