4006

...One other microphone that is a truly omni mike is the B &k 4006... PLEASE NOTE JUST BECAUSE A MICROPHONE HAS AN OMNI-DIRECTIONAL PATTERN INDICATED ON IT, DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS AN OMNI-DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE! We can talk about this also, if you want... Would you say that the Blumlein Pair microphone technique is...

When I used to work at a recording studio that had a massive mic locker (including PZMs), the mic that sounded the most like “being in the room next to the drums” was the B&K 4006 omnidirectional mic (B&K is now DPA).

...Leake was the engineer on the record assisted by Lorita Delacerna. Many times he used a pair of B&K 4006 omni mics on the instruments. Instruments were layered with everything recorded in stereo. All mics went into the console which was a Neve 8048. (1081 preamps) Some 47's were used for Tom's singing as...