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Re: mono-compatibility, stereo recording on the run

Subject: Re: mono-compatibility, stereo recording on the run
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:44:49 -0000
Good luck.
I bet as you experiment your jecklin disk will get fat too.
As I mentioned mine is 8" thick now and actually I have a piece of
plywood in the center as well.  The idea of a jecklin didn't ever
really work on paper and the sound I have not been able to get to
work either.  You end up after using your ears to have either a fat
center or a .25 inch separation.  Play with it a while and you will
see what I mean.

Rich Peet

--- In  "tatiana irvine"
<> wrote:
> ...well I'm glad I asked about spaced omnis...thanks for the
wonderful
> discussion! I've been thinking about the perspectives offered, and
doing a
> little research, and I think I'll build a jecklin disc and start
> experimenting. Darn right I don't want to carry two mic stands, and
a disc
> seems portable enough.
>
> Nice to hear from Flawn on:
>
> "There is no perfect miking system, particularly in the rough-and-
tumble
> world of hit-and-run field recordings.=A0 We're also often switching
back and
> forth between sound gathering and close-miked interviews at a
second's
> notice, so we have to have miking available to accommodate both
needs.=A0 "
>
> I am doing a lot of this "hit-and-run" type stuff myself, and have
bee
> struggling hard to come up with an efficient, portable mic
solution. So far
> I have produced audio projects that are delivered in stereo, and
tend to
> involve intense ambiences from nature - but I am just beginning to
try to
> have these pieces air on radio (my very own, low-budget radio
expedition!),
> so I am facing the mono-compatibility problem for the first time. I
just got
> the new Sennheiser 418s M/S stereo shotgun as a stab at an
> all-in-one-hit-and-run solution for gathering ambient sound and
interviews
> (unplug "side"), but this is really no help when it comes to mono
radio,
> because from what I understand, I will lose so much (the "side") if
> collapsed to mono....
>
> Then there's a another problem- assuming you COULD broadcast in
stereo, how
> to record a moving (speaking) subject in a sonically rich natural
setting? I
> hit a brick wall with this while recording in Botswana two years
ago. I had
> little experience, and was trying to record with a stereo mic on a
boom-
> this worked beautifully when it was in a parabolic reflector
pointed at a
> single lion feasting on a zebra, but not okay when I recorded in
stereo
> dish-less, walking alongside a guide as he pointed out various
natural
> wonders. The stereo field was flailing all over the place...
>
> I still have not figured out how to conquer this problem as a
single person.
> A planted mic combined with a boomed mic is all I can think of, but
it's not
> a truly mobile approach...what to do short of wearing a pair of
binaurals?
> Is it possibly just a question of boom technique? Am I expecing the
> impossible?
>
> Thanks for reading-
>
>
>
>
>
>
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