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Re: wide spaced Omni's

Subject: Re: wide spaced Omni's
From: "bobbaub" <>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 21:39:26 -0000
Also,  I listened to them on my new M-Audio BX8 monitors the they all 
sounded great!

Bob



--- In  "Rich Peet" <> 
wrote:
> We have had a few posts in the past that mention wide spaced Omni's.
> I thought I would post a couple examples from yesterday for those 
> that wonder what that does.
> As you can see I posted types of sounds not the ideal pretty 
> recordings.
> You decide for yourself if it has value as it is a bit different.
> 
> Technique here was two ME-62's spaced at 50 feet
> 
> First example: Planes, Cranes, and a loon, 260kb download
> This is the what happens when a loud sound is almost directly off 
to 
> a side and the stereo image starts to get lost.
> With a very loud signal completely on a side I am likely going to 
> choose my best channel and use only it. 
> But at least I had more land covered by having the wide spaced mics.
> http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/wide.mp3
> 
> 
> Second example: The wind with the warbler, 400kb download
> Note that this wind gusting over 20mph sounds loud and strong but 
> appears to move slowly.
> http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/wide2.mp3
> 
> Third example: The quiet river a 350kb download
> Quiet sounds coming from all directions.  
> The mind seems to "fix" the effect and solves the problem.  Maybe 
for 
> you by placing you in a small valley or maybe standing a distance 
> from a large wall.
> http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/wide3.mp3
> 
> Just another technique that you can keep in mind.  Now you can 
decide 
> if I should have used 100' spacing or maybe 200'.
> 
> Rich Peet



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