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Hey Paulo, thank you! I think they are specialised electret microphones to consume low power so yeah similar to condensers :) I don’t actually know what their polar pattern is but I imagine omni, and I imagine they also have multiple mics on smartphones to aid in noise cancellation for calls etc

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A pencil condenser is a pretty standard choice for natural sound. I would also try a large diaphragm condenser for that extra low-end. If your room is not very noisy or has too much reverberation, i would also probably consider micing a bit further away from the instrument. I think it will help capture the full natural tone of the cello in the room better. Let us know how the recording goes!

@@arbitersofsound thanks! What do you think of true neumann km184s or the Schoepes CMC6? Would you go Omni or Cardiod?

@@maxwung I'd go cardioid to avoid capturing too much ambiance from the room. I would definitely give the Neumann a try, my experience with them has been really positive and my go-to mic for a lot of stuff the past few years has been the TLM102 (If you listen to our podcast, that's the mic Vasilis uses). Unfortunately, I have no experience with Schoepes.

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You are right, for their current prices the 2035 seems like the better deal! The 2020 was my first condenser and it's always been around in the studio and I think is a fairly standard entry level condenser. I can see now that they market it as 16mm "medium" diaphragm so I guess they are trying to position it somewhere in the middle :D

Definitely a dynamic with a cardioid polar pattern. Obviously there's always going to be a bit of spill from the speakers, so I guess that's the tradeoff you need to consider depending on how loud you have them, or maybe you should consider wearing headphones :D

Indeed. From the mics we had available at the time, it actually sounded better in the room so we went for it!

Although it's hard to see with the naked eye, the cone of a speaker is moving back and forth very quickly in response to the electrical signal that's sent to it and as it does this, it pushes the air in front of it, which then creates the sound waves that we then hear. So if we left aside amplification, the mic/speaker characteristics and the imperfections in the signal conversion process, the mic diaphragm and the speaker cone would be moving in exactly the same pattern, and you'd hear the original sound exactly as it was recorded being played back through the speaker. In fact, you can use a microphone as a speaker, and vice versa (have a look online for videos of this!)

A ribbon mic would theoretically give you a very natural sound. Maybe if you feel that the sound of the pipes is too harsh you could try a large diaphragm condenser that doesn't have such a harsh high end response. If you are not using an external pre-amp / audio interface your options might be a bit more limited though. What's your audio setup and recording situation?

Thanks for watching Ed! There's definitely a lot of subjectivity when it comes to microphones and more expensive doesn't always mean better for sure - there are a lot of other factors. The Soundfield mic looks interesting and very versatile too, maybe we can do some sort of shootout video with a bunch of high end mics at some point :)

For capturing your voice in close proximity, large diaphragm condensers and dynamics tend to give you a fuller sound. Dynamics will not be as detailed, but will pick up less background noise and will be less expensive and fussy to set up generally. Condensers will sound more detailed, but might be not very well suited to recording in an empty or untreated space, picking up too many room reflections and background noise. But it obviously all depends on the situation (what kind of room you are recording in, what kind of sounds/voices you are trying to capture, how much background noise there is) and the microphone positioning (how far away from the mic you would be standing). What would your recording situation be like?

@@arbitersofsound Thank you for replying. I want to start a podcast for two people. We will start in my bedroom as to not splurge a huge amount of money (at least in the beginning), and I am planning on making some diy sound panels made out of shredded denim insulation (don't trust rockwool due to some respirtory issues). It's a mid-sized bedroom, but the whole house is made out of stone, so reverb is kinda insane. I do live in a fairly quiet place though, so no worries over outside noise like traffic and the like. The plan is to use a small table where we would be facing each other from a slight angle. I did a bit more research and I am stuck in between two mics: the Samson Q2U and the Rode NT-USB Mini.

@@NanaLaEnana If you're planning on using only one mic then the dynamic one (the Samson) might be trickier to record with, because you'll both have to be sitting quite close to it and facing it. It will probably be much less sensitive to the acoustics of the room though. I'd probably say go with a cardioid condenser mic, stay fairly close to it when recording and make sure you cover at least the wall behind you with the insulation so that you don't get a lot of reflections from the room.

That's some good advice! We'll try our best to sound better and hopefully less manly in the future :P Seriously, though, appreciate the feedback and hopefully we'll improve and you'll approve of our future eq choices.

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