first, many thanks to EVERYONE for all the replies. i'm (obviously)
really new to this type of recording, and you're all an invaluable
resource. thanks!
yes, this is just the sort of answer i was looking for. i hoped that
if someone in the know actually listened to the recording, it would
be fairly obvious. indeed, despite all i've read and all the very
vehement warnings about wind noise, i was using only the foam cover
which came with the nt4. i had taken one look at the rycote prices
and walked away from my computer, staggering.
after a few simple tests, i'm certain you're absoulutely right: wind
noise.
walt, i'll be putting your fabulous ingenuity to the test. wonderful!
hawkeye
--- In "Rich Peet" <>
wrote:
> I agree with Walt. I should have listened before posting.
> Clearly a mic being bottomed out and bouncing of the diaphram as
> confirmed by not being channel matched.
>
> Go build my latest wind filter design. You will like it for the
nt4.
> see at:
> http://home.comcast.net/~richpeet
>
> Rich Peet
>
> --- In Walter Knapp
<>
> wrote:
> > From: "haughki" <>
> > >
> > > hi all
> > >
> > > i'm a musician/composer who's very new to nature recording, and
> i've
> > > run into a distortion issue. i'm using a sony d8 DAT with a
> straight
> > > line in from my rhode nt4 condenser stereo mic, a dedicated XY
> > > cardioid coincident pair.
> > >
> > > i did some recording recently with this setup, just walking
> around
> > > with cans on, mic in hand. now, when i use this setup and
> manually
> > > increase the record levels to greatly "magnify" the ambient
sound
> i
> > > get an odd distortion: not clipping (the levels are clearly
> fine,
> > > between -24 and -12 db and it doesn't *sound* at all like
> clipping),
> > > but a quick, stuttering momentary dropout. you can find an
> example
> > > here:
> > >
> > > http://www.hadal.org/misc/distortion.zip
> > >
> > > it's especially pronounced when using the high sensitivity
preamp
> > > setting on the D8. i'm assuming this has something to do with
> > > cranking up the levels so high; i've certainly never had the
> levels
> > > set so high for music recording, and i've never heard this
> sound. i
> > > just want to confirm that my gear is not somehow defective....
> >
> > I finally got around to listening to this. Sure sounds a lot like
> wind
> > noise to me. If you are not wind protecting your mic or using
just
> the
> > foam covers, it's likely. Might want to examine that before
getting
> too
> > exotic as to cause. In outdoor recording you have to be more
> serious
> > about wind protection.
> >
> > Also looked at the waveform and did a sonogram, no dropouts, no
> obvious
> > clipping. Nothing that rings bells in the waveform, even on a
> sample by
> > sample level of display. Sonogram looks typical of wind noise
(but
> could
> > be something else).
> >
> > Walt
> >
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