Douglas Spotted Eagle |
February 5th, 2006 01:33 PM |
I'm a little confused with your post. Condenser mics aren't necessarily cardiod, they can be omni, or hyper cardiod. Or "super cardiod" which is the same as hyper cardiod.
The 897 isn't a "run of the mill" shotgun, it's a shorter shotgun designed to work better indoors than most shotguns, which means it also suffers a bit in larger spaces where you'd use a more "run of the mill" shotgun.
Anything that is cardiod is unidirectional; by the mere definition of cardiod, it's one-direction.
Cardiod means "heart-shaped." Picture a drawing of a heart. Where the two curves intersect, this is where the mic pickup pattern is most sensitive. Anything behind that curve is rejected in varying degrees, depending on the particular mic model.
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