sr1200
Well-known member
I'm putting together a video on impedance focusing mainly on dynamic and ribbon mics. I did a circuit test using a simulator first and when run in the real world, the simulations held up pretty well, almost dead on actually. I ran into an issue when I started using condenser mics though and I'm not really sure how to explain the results.
As mic pre impedance was increased on the mic pre, so was level when using dynamic or ribbon mic.
As mic pre impedance was increased on the mic pre, the level DECREASED using a condenser. My only guess here is that since the passive mics are just that, passive, the interaction between the load on the preamp and the mic is more "direct" (if thats a good word), whereas the condenser mics have a buffered output if you will which would work negatively with an increasing load on the pre. Again, guess... would love to know what the real answer is behind this so I dont sound like a complete nincompoop.
(im impressed that nincompoop did not trigger a spelling error!)
Thanks
As mic pre impedance was increased on the mic pre, so was level when using dynamic or ribbon mic.
As mic pre impedance was increased on the mic pre, the level DECREASED using a condenser. My only guess here is that since the passive mics are just that, passive, the interaction between the load on the preamp and the mic is more "direct" (if thats a good word), whereas the condenser mics have a buffered output if you will which would work negatively with an increasing load on the pre. Again, guess... would love to know what the real answer is behind this so I dont sound like a complete nincompoop.
(im impressed that nincompoop did not trigger a spelling error!)
Thanks