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demure  ·  1815 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 3, 2019

There are two PZM mics mounted on the top of the (wooden) playing cabin. Presumably that means more to you than it does to me--but I was told that it's because they're PZM that they can be mounted so close to the bells...





kleinbl00  ·  1815 days ago  ·  link  ·  

PZM means "Pressure Zone Microphone"(microphone - yeah). Their pattern is "everything" and they only work on a boundary.

If you wanted to hear what the carillon sounds like inside the carillon that's the way to go. If you wanted to get the sound inside where you play it, that's a great way to do it.

Generally you want to get the sound of the acoustic space where people are hearing the performance. With the massive church organs, the answer is obviously "inside the church." But hey. Take what you can get.