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
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Dr. Stuart Parsons
Behaviour, Ecology & Conservation Research Group
School of Biological Sciences
University of Auckland
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Auckland
New Zealand
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