Klarinet Archive - Posting 000631.txt from 2000/02

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] re: Microphones
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:10:48 -0500

--- Benjamin Maas <benmaas@-----.com> wrote:

> In old time radio dramas, the actors would speak on either side of the old
> RCA ribbon microphones. One would be out of polarity, but for mono spoken
> voice, it really doesn't matter. Two crossed fig-8 patterns at 70-90
> degrees is referred to as a blumlein pickup.

Given the crossed-8 configuration, it's kind of a neat illustration of
the meaning of the word "Blumlein" -- little flower. You can see the
pedals criss-crossing the top of a daisy in this crossed figure eight
pattern.

-- Neil
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