I recently purchased this microphone and I am wondering if anyone knows what kind it is. It looks like it may be an Electro Voice but I am not sure. https://imgur.com/gallery/7PzcqTH
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It says there is a rubber ring to absorb impact. Sounds like the designers might have had some concerns about rough handling!
Unless this was a feature on mics for live performing?
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ManFromGlass wrote:It says there is a rubber ring to absorb impact. Sounds like the designers might have had some concerns about rough handling!
Unless this was a feature on mics for live performing?
Any handheld dynamic mic should have some form of shock-absorbing suspension for the capsule to reduce handling noise. This will normally involve some pieces of rubber. But as any comparison test will show, some mics have much lower handling noise than others. And yes, the designers should also allow for the mics to be dropped, and the capsule suspension will help protect the capsule.
Mics for studio recording tend not to have this, which is why you’d normally use them with a shock mount, which historically has used rubber or stretchy elastic rings (so the rubber has been on the outside). Not for protection from handling noise (as they aren’t designed to be held), but from vibrations transmitted up the mic stand.
Many years back I remember an ad campaign for the SM-57 or similar mic. It was a photo of the mic face first in a half finished pint of beer sitting on a bar counter. The text said something like This Mic Will Live Again.