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From: Sean Conolly on 7 May 2010 10:48 "Bob Howes" <no.emailatnowhere.com> wrote in message news:4be40ed9$0$6278$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > > "Phildo" <Phil(a)phildo.net> wrote in message > news:hrv5g5$2sc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> My Audix D6 seems to have developed a fault after just a few months. Is >> now very noisy and 14db quieter than the D112 they also had in the >> studio. I suspect it has gone unbalanced but am sending it back to Audix >> to get them to fix it. >> >> A friend of mine said he has had several engineer had the same thing >> happen to them and suspect they must have made a bad batch. >> >> Anyone else heard or experienced similar? >> >> Phildo >> > > Mine's been fine but I know of a guy who's gone through two of them--he > believes that the trouble is indeed over-excursion, caused when he tended > to place the head of the mic right in the "blast" coming from the hole on > a very loud drummer, lending a bit of credence to PA's theory. Personally, I don't think you ever need to put the mic right in the hole. Most of what you get is a low frequency blast that has to be compressed and tamed anyway, it's better to pu the mic where it sounds best and needs the least processing. For live sound I usually keep the mic well inside the drum, as Audix recommends, or at worst place it with the diaphragm two~three inches inside the port. For recording I like it outside of the drum by a few inches. Sean
From: geoff on 7 May 2010 19:04 Denny Strauser wrote: > > If this is the case, a foam windscreen might avoid a repeat of the > damage. -Denny Or putting it somewhere more sensible... geoff
From: Bob Howes on 8 May 2010 02:52 "Sean Conolly" <sjconolly_98(a)yaaho.com> wrote in message news:hs1k7l$hqn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Bob Howes" <no.emailatnowhere.com> wrote in message > news:4be40ed9$0$6278$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... >> >> "Phildo" <Phil(a)phildo.net> wrote in message >> news:hrv5g5$2sc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> My Audix D6 seems to have developed a fault after just a few months. Is >>> now very noisy and 14db quieter than the D112 they also had in the >>> studio. I suspect it has gone unbalanced but am sending it back to Audix >>> to get them to fix it. >>> >>> A friend of mine said he has had several engineer had the same thing >>> happen to them and suspect they must have made a bad batch. >>> >>> Anyone else heard or experienced similar? >>> >>> Phildo >>> >> >> Mine's been fine but I know of a guy who's gone through two of them--he >> believes that the trouble is indeed over-excursion, caused when he tended >> to place the head of the mic right in the "blast" coming from the hole on >> a very loud drummer, lending a bit of credence to PA's theory. > > Personally, I don't think you ever need to put the mic right in the hole. > Most of what you get is a low frequency blast that has to be compressed > and tamed anyway, it's better to pu the mic where it sounds best and needs > the least processing. > > For live sound I usually keep the mic well inside the drum, as Audix > recommends, or at worst place it with the diaphragm two~three inches > inside the port. For recording I like it outside of the drum by a few > inches. > > Sean > > Agreed. My suggestion to him was to move the mic inside the drum, pointed at the beater to get some "click" as well as the "boom". I believe he's tried the new position and likes the sound better but he's been on the road so I haven't actually seen the guy lately. Bob
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