I absolutely love the sound of Ribbon mics, it's a shame they're so fragile I'd love if podcasters would begin using the bidirectional pickup pattern - having

I absolutely love the sound of Ribbon mics, it's a shame they're so fragile I'd love if podcasters would begin using the bidirectional pickup pattern - having everyone separately mic'd and compressed loses the natural difference in sound dynamics that exist between people's speaking voices Having every voice equally loud occasionally urks me when the content is meant to be a two way conversation