[TenTec] Good Mike Technique

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Yes, I agree and in my earlier post I stated; "it's easy to be loud, just 
buy another amp and crank it to the  max.  Now being good, well that takes 
skill, knowledge and talent."    Also, I've mentioned many times that good 
audio has a lot to do with good mike technique.

Bob Heil has a very good presentation and demonstration that can be found at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX9J6Vre3j8   The mike technique starts about 
20 minutes in and runs for about 8 to 10 minutes.  It well worth watching 
and there's lots to be learned.

73
Bob, K4TAX






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Reid" <n1068d at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology


>
> Being the owner of a recording studio  as well as a ham for over 40 years, 
> I can verify that cost has very little to do with frequency response and 
> audio quality of most microphones.  I have built condensor mics costing 
> only a few dollars that perform as well as $500.00 microphones.  Like in 
> the studio, the most valuable piece of equipment is your "ears ". 
> Everyone thinks the solution to every problem is to throw money at it 
> instead of maybe using better  " mic technique ".  I hate hearing stations 
> where the compressor limiter is set incorrectly and you can hear the audio 
> pumping.
>
> Doug
> WD4LNW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richards <jrichards at k8jhr.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
>
>
> Well said, Bob.
> Last summer, on a Brand X discussion forum, we discussed what is the
> best" microphone and what is the best EQ setting.    I suggested that,
> ecause we only use +/- 2700 Hz audio and RF bandwidth - pretty much any
> ecent microphone costing $15 or more SHOULD be linear across that
> arrow spectrum, and I made recordings of several microphones bearing
> idely different price tags to prove it.  No one has correctly
> dentified the $15 Samson RS10  from the $150 Heil PR-20 or even from
> he $99 Sennheiser e835, and several others by RadioShack, Shure,  and
> he real kicker in the bunch... a $1 computer mic I purchased on eBay.
> I dared to suggest audiophiles use EQ to "fix" or compensate for uneven
> oom acoustics ... but oddly enough audiophiles often employ pre-amps
> nd power amps lacking any bass or treble or EQ controls at all -
> nstead they seek uncolored input, and uncolored output, using EQ
> paringly or not at all to compensate for uneven room acoustics.   So,
> n that logic,  maybe we should use FLAT EQ on the transmit audio, on
> he theory of what goes in uncolored and natural, might come out
> ncolored and more natural than if we had messed with it.   After all,
> ost decent microphones are linear across the 200- 2700 Hz +/- range -
> f we want to sound natural, why color it with phoney EQ settings ?
> I am sure there is some fallacy lurking in the weeds, but this seems
> ogical to me.  Garbage in... garbage out...     Natural, simple audio
> n... ok you get the picture.
> So I keep it simple, I use reasonably good, but not overly expensive
> icrophones, and avoid excessive EQ  coloration (occasionally I add a
> light boost to the mid range frequencies to be more punchy in a
> rowd... but not otherwise.)
> Am I missing something?
> --------------------------------------  K8JHR  --------------
>
> On 2/24/2014 3:35 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> Yep and likely he had a bunch of external processing and EQ equipment as
> well.
>
> I hate to say it folks but we are using a communication audio range
> which is typically comprising a frequency response between 200 Hz to
> 2500 Hz out of the entire audio spectrum   That range is defined by the
> filter, be it hardware or DSP, that is part of the SSB generator.
>
> Trying to cram wide band audio through a filter of this bandwidth is
> like trying to push a bumble bee through a drinking straw.  Nothing nice
> is going to come out the other end.  Just like I tell the kid in the
> band, it's easy to be loud, just buy another amp and crank it to the
> max.  Now being good, well that takes skill, knowledge and talent.
>
> Now lets try to get the best quality out of the 200 Hz to 2500 Hz
> spectrum of audio that's available.  It is a lot more of a challenge
> than buying and using some external processing and EQ and broadcast type
> mikes.
>
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