There's a paradox about recording music: The larger the group you're recording, the smaller the mic's diphragm should be. Can't explain that here, but the Behringer ECM 800 is a good choice for capturing the music of choirs and orchestras. However, I have discovered that many of the calibration files floating around out there are for the mic oriented vertical. The SPQ card requires that you use a 3rd party application and then somehow translating those measurements manually to create a corresponding EQ curve using the DADman software.

And in addition, we can sometimes even import this correction data into our software and receive a further improvement in the linearity of our measurement setup. Robustness The majority of our loudspeaker measurements will be carried out in direct sound. There will always be reflections from the side walls, but (hopefully) the main energy will come from the speaker. So I always use microphones with free field equalization and point my microphones towards the speaker. In this Behringer ECM8000 review, we’ll get to better understand the purpose of this measurement microphone and its importance. Behringer ECM8000 ReviewBy continuing to access or use our Software after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the trade dress, trade names, logos, corporate names and domain names, together with all of the goodwill Since the manufacturers use different distortion threshold values or do not specify them, comparability is unfortunately not 100% possible. I used the "File/Export Measurement as Text" option to do a text dump of the calibrated and un-calibrated files.

For this reason, all the listed microphones are suitable for the frequency response measurement of loudspeakers. As long as the noise level of the microphone is in the 30dBA range or below, there are no advantages or disadvantages. Sensitivity As an opponent of the maximum sound pressure, there is of course also a minimum sound pressure. This point is reached when the microphone's own noise is louder than the ambient noise.If, within thirty (30) days of posting changes or amendments to this Agreement, you decide that you do not Personally speaking I point the mic at the driver/loudspeaker when aiming to measure loudspeaker performance. But point the mic vertically, at the listening position, when doing room correction or looking into performance at the listening position.

Up to 2 kHz there are no noteworthy deviations between the three microphones. The curves diverge slightly above this. The scale in the frequency response is chosen extremely so that you can see the differences well. At 2kHz, the Behringer ECM8000 (red) is about 2dB above the iSEMcon and the Beyerdynamic MM1 (blue) in between. The difference grows to around 3dB at 16kHz. By the way, the smoothing in Smaart is set to 1/12 octave. But it is also possible in the field of measurement technology that we want to measure such high sound pressure levels. On the one hand, we might want to determine in the laboratory what maximum sound pressure we can generate with a loudspeaker. And of course the microphone has to be able to withstand significantly more sound pressure before it distorts than the speaker can deliver - usually at a distance of 1m. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, Music Tribe and its officers, directors, employees, agents, Several things to note. 1- not all ECm-8000's are created equal. there are several revisions of this mic. and a very large unit to unit variance between mics of the same series. The Behringer mic was no shining star in our test's. but there was some surprising results! stay tuned for more info. I bought the ECM8000 to test the frequency response of my home designed & built 2 and 3 way monitor & PA cabinets.Some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so Anyway, it was pretty much agreed that the ECM8000 is meant for room measurements, thus not flat when pointed right at the source. For drivers it should be turned about 70-80 degs. off axis. As so often: it depends! Thanks in particular to the latest comparison between Behringer and iSEMcon, it should be clear that the qualitative differences between the measurement microphones are extremely small for most applications.

Agreement; or (iv) your Agreement or relationship with an Organization (if applicable) or any third party. Analyse every detail. Whether you're in a live performance venue or recording studio, the ECM8000 works smoothly with real-time analysers such as Behringer's ULTRACURVE. You'll completely remove the guesswork out of EQing. The best microphone is of no use if it gives up its mind within a short time. As long as you familiarize yourself with the measurement technology and the microphone is only in your living room next to your system, this point may not yet play a major role.

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