Hi all.
Getting more confused as the day goes on.
The Road NT1 is a no-no as I normally listen to sounds in sterio - it's just
the way I am. Perhaps the NT1 is a fantastic Podcast microphone, but just
about everything that I'm keen on recording requires a degree of width,
I'm totally not interested in recording a single bird, though I can see the
attraction if making a collection of birds inone country or area.
Know, for a down chorus I'd be looking for a sterio outdoor microphone with
a wide spread.
For example, here is a sample of my own International Dawn Chorus, recorded
at my farm on the 3 May, using the Zoom H6 with the clip on right angle
microphone.
Can you guess what is wrong with my recording?
https://www.sendspace.com/file/ox1jos
I have now purchased the newer Zoom F8n and wish a XLR sterio Microphone
with a very good Dead Cat because my place is about 300 feet above the River
Clyde, so is rather windy. - What do they use in Texas???
Hamit suggests that if the Nt1 is not for me, then perhaps I should look at
the NT4. So I looked it up in Accessable Youtube .
It's about £600 and is a USB microphone, which I think would make it a good
podcasting microphone, for a home studio computer.
So I'm at a bit of a loss at the moment and need to give it a lote more
consideration.
Perhaps I can find out what I'm looking for using the link: How to Record
Bird Songs and Calls - Nature Recording | Audubon, provided earlier today by
Gena.
Very best wishes.
Andy.
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Original Message -----
From: "Georgina Joyce" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Microphones for Zoom
Hello John,
Fare point, as Andrew had done some research and considered that a shotgun
might be the solution I thought he was wanting to focus upon one bird or
those birds in a small area. As I pointed out the pickup area is shown as a
heart shape. The number of channels does not express the polar pattern. If
Andrew wants to record a wide stage then that is an omnidirectional
microphone he requires. Not a stereo unless it is omnidirectional. Of
course, if andrew wants that binaural affect then again it is something
else. Thus there are plenty of options for Andy and many choices and it is
for him to decide what the end result is that he requires. i.e. What size
stage does Andy want?
There is a youtube reviewer of microphones who dances around the microphones
so you can hear the extent of the pattern.
Regards,
On 12 May 2020, at 15:43, John Gurd via groups.io
<[email protected]> wrote:
I had a look at the link. Most bird watchers want to focus-record an
individual bird song sometimes out of many background songs. A dawn
Chorus is all the birds in the area - not just a single bird. As Hamit
suggests a stereo mike might be more likely to do this successfully.
PS: last time I heard Andy was living in rural Scotland, so maybe not a
big garden, but a lot of habitat. I know birds are territorial, but they
tend to sing from adjoining gardens to, and I'm sure Andy isn't so
possessive he only wants the birds singing in just his garden alone.
You'll find a dawn chorus is just as big weather heard from a small garden
or an estate for that very reason. 😉
John
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Georgina
Joyce
Sent: 12 May 2020 14:41
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Microphones for Zoom
Hello John,
They don’t cut out sharply it’s usually shown as a heart shape tapering
down to the point. Obviously, Andy has done some research and his post
caused me to do so as I use a shotgun in the booth. Andy did not want
ambient sound. He wanted to record bird song from his garden. Unless he
lives in a huge estate it is not going to be that wide of a field. I found
that bird watchers use a shotgun mic although this is with a camera. Even
professional sound recordist uses a shotgun. See this:
https://www.audubon.org/news/a-beginners-guide-recording-bird-vocalizations
Regards,
On 12 May 2020, at 14:20, John Gurd via groups.io
<[email protected]> wrote:
From what I've read a shot-gun mike is so directional that even being
off-target a little will result in poor quality sound. I doubt it would
be the best for ambient recordings.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Georgina
Joyce
Sent: 11 May 2020 14:16
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Microphones for Zoom
Hello Andy,
It is down to you and how much you want to spend. I follow the Booth
Junky who uses a shotgun microphone a lot. He uses the Sennheiser
MKH-416. I haven’t been able to afford one of those but I do have the
MKH-166 which I purchased used from eBay. I absolutely love it and is my
mic of choice. I think that would really do the job.
Regards,
On 11 May 2020, at 13:25, Andy via groups.io
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all.
I've got both the Zoom H6 and the F8n, but the only microphones I have
are the 2 clip on ones that I origionally got with the H6.
I'm wanting to record the Dawn Chorus in my garden but don't have a clue
as to which microphone , or best type, to buy and where to buy it.
I think I need a directional Shot-gun microphone with a large Dead-Cat
windscreen, and also about 3 meters of cable with the appropriate XLR
plugs.
Can anyone please give me some advice.
Also, My Zoom H6 is playing up. I think I've changed an inportant
option within the menues. I tried recording bird calls and the
recording was extremely poor. Is there perhaps a function within the H6
that Re-sets the device back to factory settings.
I hope you are all okay and enjoying this period of noise pelution
silence to get very nice recordings. If so I'd love to here some
samples.
Very best wishes and please take care of yourselves.
Andy Logue from Scotland.
Gena
Call: M0EBP
DMR ID: 2346259
Loc: IO83PS
73
Gena
Call: M0EBP
DMR ID: 2346259
Loc: IO83PS
73
Gena
Call: M0EBP
DMR ID: 2346259
Loc: IO83PS
73
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