Posted by Peter Larsen on 12/01/06 10:41

Cameron Dorrough wrote:

> "Roy W. Rising" <rwrising@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
> news:20061130225353.339$99@newsreader.com...

> > .... Nonetheless, what I heard simply
> > did not match what I saw, both in sync and in proximity effect.

> Just curious: What sort of "inevitable proximity effect
> diminution" are you referring to?

I didn't bother with the clip, and I won't, but he talk about the
inevetable frequency response change with distance that any directional
microphone exhibits with approximately a 4 feet boundary. The cause of
the effect is that the wavefront near a sound source is not planar

There is this here rap-music faq - aka the r.a.* faq that addresses that
and other interesting issues that whomsoever. RAP musicians make
extensive use of accellerated proximity effect so as to prevent anyone
from hearing what they sing or utter or whatever phrase that fits.

> Changes in freq response with distance are something else entirely..

No, that is what the proximity effect is about.

> Cameron:-)


Peter Larsen

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