Re: [LAU] best mic(s) for environmenal recording?

Am Mittwoch, 11. April 2007 schrieb Mike Taht:
> I am selling my house deep in the santa cruz mountains, and I think the
> things I'm going to miss most is the birdsong and other sounds of the
> wilderness around me. So, I keep thinking, I should pick up a good mic soon
> (stereo mic, or matched pair) - either buy, borrow, or rent for a few days
> - and record it all, so I can recreate the ambiance and memories of this
> place one day in the future.

I bought the Studio Projects C4 (Matched Pair) which might not be the best but
at least good for the price. You could also go for a pair of AKG C1000 which
cost about double.

My C4s are good (ie. I used them) for environmental recordings (I conserved
the noise of outside of my old flat in the middle of the city), live
recordings of concerts, drum overheads and micing of acoustic instruments.
They have two kinds of mic capsules to provide omni-directional and cardioid
characteristics. The (in my edition) shipped stereo-boom(?) is a bit to short
to get the official 17,5cm for env-recordings but its still usable...

BTW: http://www.studioprojectsusa.com/index.html lists the C4 with 504€, I got
mine (new) for ~300€...

Have a nice day,

Arnold

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