Wayne Brissette, you wrote:
>All this recent talk about pre-amp noise and microphone noise has me
>wondering about coloration in nature recording. Unless people are using
>omni microphones (and recent posting suggest people are using hypers and
>shotguns) then there will be some frequency bumps and drops. This in
>addition to some of the preamps talked about leads me to believe that
>there will be some alteration in the sound. As a very rank amateur in
>this field (although I have done my time in a studio), I'm wondering if
>this matters much or since most people are trying to capture a specific
>species of animal this doesn't play that big of a role. Anyhow, I'm
>curious how all this plays into this field.
For me, frequency response is the same for nature recording as it is
for music recording: I want the recording system to be as flat as
possible.
Once I've working with it in the studio, however, I may filter and
equalize the hell out of it to bring out what I need, or to make it
sound more natural! Like a photograph, a recording is an illusion of
reality, and what's right is what makes the illusion you want.
-Dan Dugan
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