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

Robin Gareus wrote:
> Dragan Noveski wrote:
>
>> Mike Taht wrote:
>>
>>> This is a bit off topic for this list, but I thought I'd try (all my
>>> recording gear is 96khz/24 bit & Linux based, does that help?)
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Recordings done outside over the years with my available mics - SM-57,
>>> SM-58, an AT tube mic, etc - have all generally been kind of hissy and
>>> not up to the quality of other environmental recordings I've heard.
>>> Maybe that's also a factor of the pre-amps I've used, or inadaquate
>>> screening for wind.
>>>
>>> I have daydreams about somehow making this into a high-resolution
>>> surround sound mix, or doing an enormous recording (from dawn til
>>> dusk, from dusk til dawn)
>>>
>>> But I'm WAAAY out of my depth here as to how to get the best recording
>>> of the outdoors.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> hi mike,
>> i am sorry for not knowing the word now in english (robin will help out).
>>
>> for outside recording watch out at the mic-cheracteristica!
>> what you need is a 'kugel' (in german), in english it should be called
>> 'ball, or sphere'.
>> those are the only mics which will record linear, beginning at 0Hz.
>> off course it should be a condenser and you need a propper preamp!
>>
>>
>
> come on Dragan, even you
hey, what means 'even me' ??
> could have dug up "Omnidirectional" ;)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone#Microphone_polar_patterns
>
>
> cheers,
> robin
>
thx robin, i was even lookin at wikipedia, but not patient enough.
but as i realized that you are involved here, i was thinking at is much
easier to ask for a translation.

omnidirectional sound good!

cheers,
doc
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Received on Wed Apr 11 16:15:07 2007