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Old 3rd November 2009   #2
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Originally Posted by griff71177 View Post
For a ribbon mic with a figure 8 pic up pattern, would i be ok with pointing the mic right at me when I record to use both sides of the mic or should it be up and down? Just wondering if anybody has had different results with different setups.
I'm not too sure what you mean but under normal circumstances you would only want to sing into one of the two pick-up zones. To positon yourself with 50/50 access to each pick-up zone would place you in the dead zone where most of the sound will be canceled out.

Hope this helps.
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