KM56 Omni sounds thin / low

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mkiijam

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I have a KM56 where the Omni position sounds kinda thin and about 6-10dB lower around 100-200Hz. I have nothing else to compare it to, so I'm wondering if that is normal?
 
Agree. Omni on KM56 can seem underwhelming until you hear it as distant-mike - like e.g. overhead, piano, room mic or anything mic'ed at a meter or more away. Then it shines. This my favorite mic of them all.

Don't compare at close distance, your reference is messed by the proximity effect as Chron says..

/Jakob E.
 
I'm sorry, I should have clarified that omni is low compared to the other positions Cardioid and figure 8.
 
Sorry, a bit out of topic, is there a similar capsule, maybe gefell, that's worth to try emulate the KM56 sound?
 

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