Why does nickelback use 2 mics

Both microphones must be able to hear the sound source directly. If they are cardioids, they both need to face the sound source, although this is more usually done with omnidirectional microphones, for the following reasons. The ambient noise, being inherently diffuse sound, will be captured equally in level by both mics; their spacing will make no significant difference to the ambient sound level they capture.

By contrast, the wanted sound will be in the near field of both mics and, provided the front mic is very close to the sound source ie. Accordions produce sound from two places — on most models from 'treble' and 'bass' ends — so it's important to recognise this when miking and set two microphones either side and slightly forward of the instrument. This also helps to explain why omni mics are preferred in this role, because otherwise the close mic would have a far stronger bass response, due to the proximity effect, than the more distant mic, and odd tonal effects could result.

By combining the outputs of both mics at equal gains but in opposite polarities, the similar level of ambient noise from each will cancel to a very large degree, whereas the significantly different levels of the wanted close sound from each mic will hardly cancel at all.

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Thread starter freedom's door Start date Feb 24, Messages 11, I notice that in some Hendrix vids, there are two microphones taped together that he's singing into. I just watched a Rory Gallagher vid from , and it was the same setup. Anyone know why they were doing this back then? I don't recall ever seeing any modern bands with two mic's for the singer The Golden Boy Member.

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