At 12:35 2003-11-10 -0500, you wrote:
>From: Dan Dugan <>
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>> Mike Olson, you wrote,
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>>>I am going to the amazon in January and am looking to get some good,
>>>VERY PORTABLE recording equipment. so far, i have been directed to
>>>the Telinga parabolics (Pro-5 setup) for super-directional recording
>>>to use with a consumer MD recorder, such as the Sharp MD-DR7. for
>>>ambient recordings I was advised to get a Sennheiser ME-62 mic and a
>>>K6 Battery/Phantom Powering Module.
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>> I think you've received good advice, except that I strongly advise
>> recording at least the ambiences in stereo, and you may want to use
>> the "DAT Stereo" Telinga mike for species recording, also.
>>
>> -Dan Dugan
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>In fact the DAT Stereo element will function as a nice stereo element
>without the reflector, filling the role that the ME 62 was for. You
>could get by with just the Telinga.
Just a note, 2 * ME62 will give a "spacier" AB stereo than the Telinga
stereo DATmic. More difficult to use, though. Two tripod mounts are needed
for such a set up, as it has to be at least a meter or so between the mic's.
Klas.
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>I definitely agree, stereo will give you much more satisfying
>recordings. Think about putting the entire amazon on one spot and
>listening to it vs that spread out as it is normally. That's the
>difference between mono and stereo. Especially for ambiance you want
>stereo, but even in recording calls you want the caller in a stereo
>field rather than everything all piled together. The calls will sound
>more natural that way.
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>If you are entirely new to nature recording it's better to work with
>just a limited kit. Each mic has to be learned to get the best out of
>it. The Telinga is a very good mic to start out with. Try to get in a
>little time recording with the gear before you go so you are familiar
>with it and have some idea how to get a good recording with it. In
>particular you want to learn to set the gain properly before you go.
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>Don't forget a good pair of closed headphones. The Telinga will pick up
>open headphones, in fact it will pick up the closed ones if you point it
>at yourself while recording... And you need to use headphones to know
>what you are getting.
>
>Walt
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