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Old November 22nd, 2004, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by avkid
what is a pcc?
PCC is a trademarked term used by Crown to refer to their Phase Coherent Cardioid surface microphones, such as the PCC-160. These mics sit on the floor (or wall) and have a cardioid pickup pattern for their front, and reject sound from the rear. They work relatively well, but I would never try to use them for speech/theatre reinforcement - it will sound really bad unless you know how to use them really really well.
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