Hi Matteo,
> Dear all,
> I just started with the world of sound recording, I have a Sharp Minidisk and
a little stereo mic. At the moment I'm having some good fun recording city
birds and sound like people passing, wind, sea...
> I read also some e-mails of the group but I'm rather lost with all these
surrounding records, parabolic mic,ecc.
> My question is simple: when should I use a directional mic rather than an
omni-directional one? Mind that my budget is limited, at the moment I'm quite
dummy and I don't dare to buy expensive stuff before having tried the basic
ones.
>
> Thanks a mil,
> Matteo
In brief, you should use an omni-directional mic when you are looking to
make an open natural sounding recording that does it's best to capture all the
sound that is there. However when you want to focus on a specific sound you
should use a directional mic. It will still pick up the surrounding ambience
but
the level of the ambient noise will be quieter relative to what the microphone
is pointing at. It is not necesary to have both types of microphone, there are
definately recordists who focus exclusively on atmosphere sounds and also
recordists who focus on getting the sound of a specific species.
Tom
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