Hmmmm.... The perspectives were all over the place from near-field to
far-, Rob. I was using a new Schoeps MS pre-amp. The input plugs were
labled unclearly and in relatively small type. I had lost my glasses
and, so couldn't see very well and plugged the mic inputs into what
turned out to be a mono input. Hence, the result. Because of battery
limitations and DAT supply (I was gone for a month and recording
virtually every day over a wide range of sites at Gombe, Jane
Goodall's research station in Tanzania), I didn't record much
redundant stuff at the same locations at the same times of day/nite.
On the positive side and luckily, I had an associate with me whom I
was working with (from Harvard) who did know what the hell she was
doing and who did capture some great chimp and forest material. Since
we had the same mic and DAT systems (she had a different preamp) the
moment was partially saved with her great material. So not all is
lost.
Bernie
>Hi Bernie--
>I agree reverb doesn't work very well. I might be able to make some
>suggestions. Do you need to match other stereo recordings made in the
>same location or place the event in a stereo field with some credible
>timing, volume and tonal cues? Did you by chance have a lengthy
>"presence" recording made in the same location around the same time ?
>I have some techniques I use when adding mono elements to a surround
>mix that could be applied to stereo. Do you recall the setting
>acoustically, the reflective surfaces and their compositions and
>mic->subject positions/distances for the closer sound sources?
>Best, Rob D.
>
>
>>Anyone on the list know of a really convincing stereo synthesizer?
>>Long ago and far away on a recording trip to Africa, I used a MS
>>pre-amp in the field with which I was unfamiliar. The mics were
>>plugged in wrong (because I don't see very well and lost my glasses
>>and wasn't otherwise paying attention) and all I came up with was a
>>decent mono track. I've tried a number of systems to create a sense
>>of space (everything from offsetting tracks to the Orban to the
>>Quadraverb system and different combinations of all of them) but to
>>no satisfactory end.
>>
>>Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Bernie Krause
>>
>>Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
>>P. O. Box 536
>>Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>>707-996-6677 tel
>>707-996-0280 FAX
>>
>>http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>>
>>
>>
>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>--
>Rob Danielson
>Film Department
>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
Tel: (707) 996-6677
Fax: (707) 996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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