Hi,
I am planning on recording bird song for scientific/conservation
purposes.
I have searched the archives and found some good information already,
but not all of my questions have been answered.
I am planning on purchasing a simple MD recorder (Sharp MD-MT15/20?),
and am thinking of buying a Telinga parabolic dish ($70). I'd like to
get some recommendations for mics I can jerry rig with the dish that
will work for the purpose, and don't cost more than $300 or so. (I am
trying to keep my total hardware costs to under $500). I am intrigued
by Telinga's stereo-in-the-dish set up, though it's not really
necessary for scientific purposes. However, I will probably want to do
some recording for my own purposes, where stereo would be nice.
I will want to create sonograms for the sounds and will probably want
to edit them (in simple ways) on a PC, and could use software
recommendations as well. If you have recommendations for MD players
with digital outputs that would improve the quality of the computer
files that would be great as well.
I'd love to get some feedback on this set-up as well as mic
recommedations. I assume I will initially be able to do without a
preamp due to the gain achieved by the dish.
Thanks much,
Gernot Huber
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