From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Liz Tuddenham  wrote:   
   >Can I be the first person in ages to ask an on-topic question here?   
   >   
   >Who uses 'ribbon' (i.e. Fig-8) mics on a regular basis and what do you   
   >find they are best at doing?   
      
   I use some figure-8 mikes that are ribbons and some that aren't ribbons.   
   I also use some ribbons that aren't figure-8 (like the BK-5).   
      
   The most important thing about a figure-8 is the null, which is deep and   
   sharp and can be used to eliminate guitar leakage into a singer-songwriter's   
   vocal mike or slap echo from the side of a room or from a floor.   
      
   People get all het up about technology when they should worry more about   
   pattern and sound.   
   --scott   
      
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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