Mic mistake

[FMEng]

I just watched Lady Gaga perform on Global Citizen, on three, national, broadcast networks. What caught my attention is that she sounded off mic. At closer examination, her Telefunken U47 appears to be turned backwards. I could see the pattern switch on the camera side of the mic, set to cardioid. Unless the Telefunken breaks with tradition, the switch and badge are on the front. I hope it was a camera person that did the setup.

 

[RonHebbard]

I just watched Lady Gaga perform on Global Citizen, on three, national, broadcast networks. What caught my attention is that she sounded off mic. At closer examination, her Telefunken U47 appears to be turned backwards. I could see the pattern switch on the camera side of the mic, set to cardioid. Unless the Telefunken breaks with tradition, the switch and badge are on the front. I hope it was a camera person that did the setup.

@FMEng Good catch! My AKG C414EB's similarly had AKG and their four position pattern selector switches on their fronts and their pad and low frequency roll-off switches on their rear sides.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard

 

[Laurence Nefzger]

I just watched Lady Gaga perform on Global Citizen, on three, national, broadcast networks. What caught my attention is that she sounded off mic. At closer examination, her Telefunken U47 appears to be turned backwards. I could see the pattern switch on the camera side of the mic, set to cardioid. Unless the Telefunken breaks with tradition, the switch and badge are on the front. I hope it was a camera person that did the setup.

Though I support the intent and heart of the presentation that broadcast was an affirmation on why professional sound techs are necessary!

 

[josh88]

Somebody eventually caught it because the next song she did it had been turned around to face the right way.

 

[jonliles]

With the power in her voice, it's probably better the mic was backwards. At least she had a mic. What was up with Christina Aguilera on the heavy reverb?