Mix between clip 1 and clip 3 would be ideal. The last two are ruined :D

Primo EM272 capsules to my ear suffer from sounding a bit harsh in the higher frequencies when compared to other popular field recording microphones. When you compare different microphones side-by-side, it is striking how different they sound.

What you hear in this is same brief clip recorded with a pair of Clippy EM272 omnidirectional microphones. Each time the clip is repeated, you hear a different EQ profile meant to emulate different omnidirectional microphones popularly used in field recording: Sennheiser MKH 8020s, DPA 4060s, Lom mikroUsi, Lom Usi/Clippy EM272 (i.e. no EQ) and an EQ that is sort of a hybrid of the characteristics of each that I like (the warmth of the mikroUsi, the sparkle of the 4060s, the 'bigness' of the 8020s).

These EQ profiles were created using various side-by-side comparison clips of the microphones mentioned (some mine, some from elsewhere) and the EQ Match feature in FabFilter.

I'd be interested to hear your comments on which you prefer. I have deliberately not labelled the clips to avoid bias.

Primo EM272 EQ Profile Experiment

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