{"id":24455,"date":"2012-01-07T14:15:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T22:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9n2.ac0.myftpupload.com\/1313\/?p=3519"},"modified":"2012-01-07T14:15:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T22:15:39","slug":"room-mic-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24455","title":{"rendered":"Room Mic Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"set-description-value\">\n<p>Late night tracking session for upcoming compilation, Set up three different stereo room fill mics. What pair sounds best? Keep in mind they will ultimately be mixed with the spot mics &amp; overheads.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-2\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_2\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_2_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"0d1ef69918\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What drum room mic configuration do you prefer?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-2-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-6\" name=\"poll_2\" value=\"6\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-6\">PZM's w\/wedge<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-7\" name=\"poll_2\" value=\"7\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-7\">414's in M\/S configuration<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-8\" name=\"poll_2\" value=\"8\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-8\">Original MD-1's tube mics spaced Left\/Right<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(2);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(2); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-2-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1-PZM.wav\">1-PZM<\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"wavesurfer-block wavesurfer-audio\"><div class=\"wavesurfer-player\" data-wave-color=\"#000000\" data-cursor-color=\"#dddddd\" data-progress-color=\"#ededed\" data-height=\"127\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1-PZM.wav\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-progress\"><progress class=\"wavesurfer-loading\" value=\"0\" max=\"100\"><\/progress><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-buttons_set\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-play\"><span>Play<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-stop\"><span>Stop<\/span><\/button><div class=\"wavesurfer-time\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-duration\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2-414-M_S.wav\">2-414 M_S<\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"wavesurfer-block wavesurfer-audio\"><div class=\"wavesurfer-player\" data-wave-color=\"#000000\" data-cursor-color=\"#dddddd\" data-progress-color=\"#ededed\" data-height=\"127\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2-414-M_S.wav\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-progress\"><progress class=\"wavesurfer-loading\" value=\"0\" max=\"100\"><\/progress><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-buttons_set\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-play\"><span>Play<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-stop\"><span>Stop<\/span><\/button><div class=\"wavesurfer-time\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-duration\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3-MD-1.wav\">3-MD-1<\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"wavesurfer-block wavesurfer-audio\"><div class=\"wavesurfer-player\" data-wave-color=\"#000000\" data-cursor-color=\"#dddddd\" data-progress-color=\"#ededed\" data-height=\"127\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3-MD-1.wav\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-progress\"><progress class=\"wavesurfer-loading\" value=\"0\" max=\"100\"><\/progress><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-buttons_set\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-play\"><span>Play<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-stop\"><span>Stop<\/span><\/button><div class=\"wavesurfer-time\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-duration\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late night tracking session for upcoming compilation, Set up three different stereo room fill mics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24455\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Room Mic Comparison<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[282,42,283,266,94,265],"class_list":["post-24455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-daily-noize","tag-282","tag-drum","tag-md-1","tag-mics","tag-pzm","tag-tracking","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24410,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24410","url_meta":{"origin":24455,"position":0},"title":"Daily Noize 7.11.10 &#8211; 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