Talk of microphones usually revolves around the type (condenser or dynamic) and the polar pattern (cardioid, omni-directional, etc.), but there is more to a microphone. The "more" is the microphone's Frequency Response. Microphones differ in the way in which they respond to different frequencies. They might boost a frequency or reduce it depending on the purpose for which the microphone was designed. (Also depending on the ideas the designers had in mind!) They might not alter the [keep reading]

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