Putting the tech aspects of the condenser and dynamic microphones into real life is rather confusing. So we will talk less about the number on paper but more about the features that you could benefit from in this blog. Just go straight to the point, for any application that is done in an untreated environment, you should choose a dynamic...
Though in music, distortion can give instruments a character, it is unwelcome in speech, because the audio clarity is significantly degraded. And the human hearing is more susceptible to distortion at higher frequencies than it is to lower ones. So if you are a gamer, voice-over artist or podcaster, instead of musician, it is better to take distortion with caution...
The proximity effect is not always a bad thing. You can take advantage of it by placing the unidirectional microphone closer to the kick drum or the guitar amp to have a better boosted low ends. Thus, a more powerful and punchy bass. The same can be applied to podcasting or broadcasting in which the big radio sound is one...
