Hi Rob,
>How did those omni 4006 dpa's work out in the field?
I absolutely love them very open neutral sound. I spent one month recording=
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with them in Uganda at the begining of the year and got some fantastic stuf=
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f. (I
know you are involved in film so as a brief note they (as with all omni's) =
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are of
course not suitable to use for wild tracks in film due to unpredictable pha=
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se
cancellation.
>Have you come across any 5.1 or 7.1 demo files made with the ambi
system?
Soundfield have demo files they provided for their review in audio media I =
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guess you can contact them directly and ask nicely? I have heard some
American football 5.1 samples, about as far away from nature recording as
you can get I know but the surround field was very stable and convincing.
Hi Walter,
>I'm curious about getting surround sound from a single mic? I'm kind of
assuming you are talking some surround sound mic? What mic are we
talking about?
Soundfield ST250 system http://www.soundfield.com/ comprises microphone
and all preamplification etc. the derived signal known as B format can be
recorded to 4 tracks and using various Phase techniques extrapolated into
7.1 in post or in the field with a laptop.
>And have you tried it in the field? How does it handle humidity?
It is designed for the field (indeed you can buy a rycote to fit it) I have=
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no direct
personal experience of how it handles humidity but have been told that it
does well in humid conditions.
>What's it's self noise like, both levels and quality?
It's frequency response is ruler flat till16kHz. Self noise is "not as good=
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as
sennheiser or schoeps and comparable with a neuman".
>If it's multiple mics, what mics? What pattern do you use to set them up?
It is not multiple mics so no setup. It uses 4 capsules. You can decide (in=
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post
if you want) whether your mic array is fig.8 / cardiod / hyper-cardiod.
How the system works is pretty complicated their website explains the theor=
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y
very well http://www.soundfield.com/
As a brief aside the HHB portadrive is actually =A36995 ex VAT
Gianni I was very busy when I got your last email and have only just come
across it again, many many apologies I will be in touch soon.
Tom
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