Jul 30, 2004 10:53 am i guess the inner part of the cone is smaller, thus vibrates faster and the outside, being bigger vibrates slower, making it bassy.
im guessing though...
Guitar speaker miking question
Posted on Jul 30, 2004 08:58 am
spacecharge116
Member Since: Jul 30, 2004
Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew some sort of actual scientific reason that you get a more trebly sound as you move a mic towards the edge of a speaker and a more bassy sound the closer you get to the cone. I realize that the tension on the speaker would be higher at the edge and less towards the cone, but why does that affect how much treble or bass is produced? Thanks!
Joe
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Jul 30, 2004 10:53 am i guess the inner part of the cone is smaller, thus vibrates faster and the outside, being bigger vibrates slower, making it bassy.
im guessing though...
Jul 30, 2004 11:12 am I beleive since the center of the cone can move farther it can create longer wave lengths, ie bass frequencies. The edge, beacuse of the tension you mentioned, has restricted movement, so it produces shorter wave lengths, trebble freqs.
Jul 30, 2004 11:14 am that figures too...good shout!
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Jul 30, 2004 11:18 am I think it has more to do with the mic picking up less of the overall surface. the closer to center of the speaker, the more of the surface area it sees, or hears in this instance. No different than if you move a mic side to side in front of your mouth while singing. the closer to center, the bigger the sound.
Blessings, Terry
Jul 30, 2004 11:39 am Oh yeah, I didn't think of that. Any change in sound with position is going to be directly related to frequency response over the mics pick up pattern. If you look at the mics spec, you'll see that the shape changes over the frequency spectrum. Therefore if the source is in a different position relative to the mic you'll get a different response. The overall sound is probably the result of both factors. Thats why its best to just listen, you'll give yourself a head ache trying to be too scientific about it.
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