Stuart Parsons
Fri, 04 Apr 2003 08:35:39 -0800
Dear Colleagues, I am about to embark on a project recording Kiwis (Apteryx mantelli), having spent many years recording bat echolocation. I would like to ask for your collective advice on a good mic/amp system for making the recordings in the field. Our lab currently has some Nakamichi mics but the amplification on them appears to be very poor. Workable recordings can only be made through the Mic socket of our recorders (a DAT or Sony Professional Walkman). Due to gain automatic control common to many Mic sockets (is this still the case?), I favour the line-in socket and so am having trouble making usable recordings.
My questions are 2-fold: 1) What would be a good directional mic/amp to use for these recordings (calls centre around 1-4 kHz and are quite loud) 2) Am I correct to avoid the Mic-in socket? Many thanks, Stuart -------------------------------------------- Dr. Stuart Parsons Behaviour, Ecology & Conservation Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland New Zealand Phone: +64 (0)9 373-7599 extn 85322 Mobile: +64 (0)21 175-5001 Fax: +64 (0)9 373-7417 http://www.sbs.auckland.ac.nz/