| Microphones for Commentators: Model 4104
The 4104 Commentator’s Noise Cancelling Ribbon
Microphone is of British Broadcasting (BBC) design and used for
reproducing high quality commentary speech from noisy
surroundings by cancelling out a considerable degree of
background noise.
The 4104 has a proven reliable performance capability, being
since its introduction used by such broadcasting networks as the
BBC, IBA, CBS and ABC.
The 4104 is not unduly affected by wind noise and can be used
in air stream velocities up to 20 mph (32 km) without notable
difference in speech quality. With the use of a simple windshield
attachment good quality speech reproduction can also be achieved
in winds ranging up to 40 mph (64 km) or more.
Importantly the polar response is effectively bi-directional
allowing one or more commentators to make clear individual
commentary close side by side without interference from mutual
cross over talk.
This microphone is generally regarded as the leader in its field.
Wherever it is essential to single out a speaker's voice
without transmitting background noise, this is the choice of
buyers from all over the world.
One example application is its use in sports reporting, selecting
the spoken commentary and cutting out the roar of racing cars at
Brands Hatch or the screams of the little old ladies in the
ringside seats at wrestling contests. News reporters broadcasting
eyewitness accounts of processions and street demonstrations have
also depended on this type of microphone.
Equally important is its application in noisy industrial
environments; prompt information and explicit instruction may be
matters of life and death in a shunting yard or rolling mill, and
a noise-cancelling microphone of this quality is the most vital
element in such communications. |