Posted by Mike Rivers on 03/25/06 01:17

Laurence Payne wrote:

> A shotgun doesn't amplify, it's just more directional. So if YOU turn
> the gain up, you get more of what it's pointing at.

It has gain in a single direction over an omni mic, so in a sense it
does amplify. But to say that it has enough directional gain to give a
normal output from a "normal" SPL at 100 feet is kind of stretching
the point.

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