Thanks again for this awesome info, Martyn
I emailed Klaus, so Im hoping to get some info that way.
I realized I have a trip planned to the uplands so I will definitely
bring the gear with me, although I am more interested in textural type
nature sounds rather than linguistic type nature sounds (animal
voices, etc), but those are beautiful too.
I will look into the stereo mics you mentioned
I have a binaural mic from Sonic Studios which is good for very close
up, quiet sounds....
The hydrophone advice is helpful, too. I wonder if even from a
distance, the underwater encironment would sound agitated because of
the lava....
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> <I will look into the mic you mentioned, Telinga. What kind of mic is
> that?>
>
> The telinga is a parabolic mic; I will let Klaus tell you more from his
> website
> www.telinga.com
>
> <Do you generally prefer recording with shotgun mics instead of
> stereo mics?>
>
> It certainly depends on what I am about to record, Shotgun mics have
their
> use as does recording in stereo, I like to use various combinations
of mics
> together in an MS setup or even a couple of Lav mics tied around a tree
> trunk. A good combination would be a couple of ECM-55 Sony mics.
> My favorite stereo mic combo has to be the mkh-20/mkh-20, I love
these mics,
> they have to be the best ever made for me!
> Listen to Walt's example of the combinations on his frog pages
>
> http://frogrecordist.home.mindspring.com/docs/mic_samples.html
>
>
> <Also, I wonder if there is any good and relatively affordable system
> one could use to record underwater. In theory, it would be amazing to
> get the sound of the lava going into the ocean, although I dont even
> know how accessible the ocean is at the point where the lava is near
> enough to hear. Do you know anything about recording underwater?>
>
> The Type 8011 Hydrophone mic is the only 48 V phantom powered waterproof
> microphone specially designed to handle the high sound pressure
levels and
> the high static ambient pressure in water and other fluids
> You can pick this little gem up from here
> http://www.dpamicrophones.com/
>
> Let me make a strong point here, you will not be able to drop a
microphone
> into the sea by a lava tube, one thing it would be highly dangerous and
> secondly, the water would be at boiling point, no mic would
withstand this.
>
> The bird species in Hawaii or very much on the decline but around high
> levels where the mozzies can not reach, there are some wonderful
noises; you
> will find plenty of endemics around the volcano national park and
bird park.
>
> Regards
>
> Martyn
> www.naturesound.org
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