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The Realistic *PZM *(Pressure Zone Microphone) is a bit of a phenomenon.
It's a 5 by 5.5 inch piece of black flat metal that picks up in a really different way. All the sound is received in a large hemispherical pattern and so it pretty much hears everything equally. If you want to know more about these brilliant microphones then just search online for them and you’ll (probably) be amazed at how well regarded and useful they are.
I used PZM microphones was when I was recording and filming a concert music session in a local pub. I had bought these mics from the Intec shop in Camborne and
had assumed they would be just OK as most Radio Shack Audio or P.A. stuff was cheap and cheerful. First though I had Russell Fletcher adapt them from standard ¼ inch jack plugs to XLR and for accepting phantom power so I could use them with my Mixer P.A. desk. I did this to do away with the need for batteries and this modification seemed to me to give a higher output level as well as getting rid of my fear of the batteries running down during a recording session! They also come with long connecting leads so can be placed reasonably far apart and remote from the desk like when I was using them as ambient mics connected to a Yamaha Multitrack DAW. I have also used them directly connected to a recording device like a
Zoom Hn4. I mounted a pair of PZMs onto the rafters of the pub and they worked great
because they picked up on the whole room. I was very pleased with the results which I later used to create Audio CD products.
I also set up these mics to catch the audience reaction and applause when doing my live comedy cabaret work.
They’re selling as second hand items online from as little as £50.00 plus postage each to as much as £100.00 each – plus postage. I have a pair, they are old but they are no longer manufactured so are quite rare these days and they’re already modified, perfectly serviceable.
Postage would be extra to the stated price.