Doug Von Gausig wrote:
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> At 02:55 AM 7/12/2002, Rich Peet wrote:
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> >My best recording of thunder still is cliped but was made with a low
> >sensitivity microphone that could handle a high volume and is in
> >stereo. Good thunder recordings are a lot of work as well as luck.
> >
> >700 kb download at:
> ><http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/raindance.mp3>http://home.attbi.com/~ri=
chpeet/raindance.mp3
>
> Great recording, Rich! I love trying to get good thunder recordings - the
> problem for we nature recordists is we usually have very sensitive mics
> with us when we get the chance to record thunder, so the mics are often
> overloaded. Can you suggest an affordable mic that has the low sensitivit=
y
> and good low end that I might get just for thunder recordings?
>
> Anyone else like to turn us on their thunder recordings?
Mine are all distant stuff. But it's a definite thing I'm working on,
frogs calling in a thunderstorm sound really good. I'm kind of expecting
the SASS mic I'm building to be a good one for this.
The easy way to handle the heavy thunder is to mask the mic with
something that will muffle the shock wave. It's kind of like doing the
reverse of the parabolic mic, where the reflector increases the gain.
Some mics also have settable sensitivity which may or may not help
depending on what's overloaded. Wrap a coat around it, or maybe just a
plastic bag.
Yep, nice recording, Rich!
Walt
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