Re: microphone: a professional percussionist replies

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Krispen Hartung wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>
>>
>> (was it Kris who wrote?)
>>>> It irritates me when the low end manufactures publish a frequency 
>>>> range and call it a frequency response. It's misleading.
>>
>> The frequency plot of the SM57 shows it 10dB down at 50z.
>> So the quoted 40-1500Hz range might be misleading.
>> I guess the proximity effect makes up for the drop off, as I always 
>> found sufficient bottom end in that mic.
> 
> Interesting. Did they show the 40-1500Hz as a frequency range? And then 
> show the 10b variance as a frequency response spec separately? 

hi Kris,

it's all from the Shure site

http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/Products/WiredMicrophones/us_pro_SM57-LC_content

apart from my typo

40-1500Hz
should read
40-15000Hz

andy