All this what you say if perfectly okay with me. You are still in the hands
of parabolic behaviors, just that your frequency knee is lower down and tha=
t
you get another kind of stereo.
A Swedish film-maker, the late Jan Lindblad, had two 5 meter diameter dishe=
s
mounted on poles at a lake in India.
So??
What I wanted to emphasize is of a more philosophical character:
1/ Many people say: I can't use a parabol because it hasn't a flat frequenc=
y
curve. It distorts reality. It has errors.
1B/ I say: If you don't distort reality, there is only one way of recording
birds as it sound near the bird: That is putting the microphone very close
to it.
If you can't do that, you have to use a parabol. There is no other way.
And hence I conclude: That's not "an error". By definition, I claim, - "an
error" is something you want to eliminate! Who wants to eliminate the gain
of the dish?
That would be stupid. That's all.
This, my reasoning, is a way to straighten out a very old confusion: If it
is so terribly wrong to use a parabol, why do so many people do it? And wha=
t
is it that a parabol does, which people call "an error" but in fact is just
the character they need??
This is in no way a "more of a justification" of "how (the Telinga) parabol
sounds"! It is only a way to try to describe something like "the true value
of a parabolic microphone," or "how should you look at a parabol, to judge
it in a fair way?"
Klas.
At 14:07 2003-07-06 -0000, you wrote:
>> Like so many others, you seem to miss the point with a parabol. A
>parabol is
>> a parabol and it does what it does. It can never be compared with
>an omni or
>> a directional mic. It's another tool. Please read the white papers
>at
>> telinga.com.=20
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Klas.
>>
>
>I reviewed your white papers and do not feel that I have missed the
>point with how parabolics work. I find your white paper to be more
>of a justification of why your parabolic sounds like it does than an
>accurate presentation regarding how all parabolics work.
>
>But it is clear over time that we don't have the same values in
>recording with parabolics. I like larger parabolics and will put up
>with the handling problems. I like stereo from two mics without a
>barrier between the elements. And I like cheap headphones while
>recording. IMHO, My results give a more natural sound that extends
>lower in frequency, stereo imaging of "on focus" targets, and easy to
>use field headphones that don't distort and do not disrupt my hearing
>of off target sounds.=20
>
>Rich Peet
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