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Old 9th February 2008   #77
Michael_Joly
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The ribbon tuning of a stock Apex 205 can vary all over the map - from sagging out of the gap, single Hz range to overly-tight in the 80Hz range. I set the mics Bill has to a classic "long ribbon" resonance of about 32Hz - useful musically and mimimizes sub-sonic rumble.

I've gone back and forth on the ribbon damping issue, the short ribbon mics need to be damped but on the long ribbon mics I feel its a matter of taste and application.
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