Hi Oryoki!
You are right - there is no need for a mic preamp!
Is this correct:
1/ The handle gives a sufficient signal when connected to a cassette machine?
2/ It gives a poor output when connected BOTH to a HHB and a Sony MiniDisc??
Klas.
At 19:18 2003-07-19 -0700, you wrote:
>I have exactly the same setup and never had any problems. Tell him there
>is a recording level wheel on the Portadisk and if he turns it
>clockwise, his recordings will be much better! Just joking of course!
>Honestly, I have never had problems in this way; I feel he may have his
>threshold set at -15 or -30?
>
>Martyn
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: oryoki2000
>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 4:00 PM
>To:
>Subject: [Nature Recordists] low rec levels with Telinga?
>
>A colleage in South America wrote recently
>describing a problem using a Telinga mic with
>a digital recorder.
>
>The problem is that recordings made using
>the monaural Telinga "Science" mic and parabola
>and the HHB Portadisc capture bird songs at
>much fainter levels than when the Telinga
>is used with a Sony cassette tape machine.
>The recordings are audible, but are
>not as loud when played through headphones,
>and they display lower levels when viewed via
>a computer sound editing program.
>
>When I first heard of the problem I thought
>maybe the mic cable was plugged into the line-in
>port, or maybe some sort of attenuation was
>turned on. But the same result occurs when
>the Telinga is used with a different cable
>and a Sony consumer minidisc recorder.
>
>Any other Telinga owners experience something
>similar when they moved from analog to
>digital recording media?
>
>We'd prefer not to boost the signal
>through a pre-amp since it complicates the
>field setup.
>
>All suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
>--oryoki
>
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