I would guess it is about the same, and also with individual variations.
You know my standpoint: No condensor mic's except Sennheiser MKH has a
design which allows it to be very reliable.
But I saw NT1A on the web for only 199 USD! It is VERY cheap for a
microphone with such a very low noise! Though bulky and perhaps unreliable=
under wet conditions - which is the alternative??
Klas.
At 00:14 2005-07-16, you wrote:
>Rob,
>
>Can you or anyone else hazard a guess as to how dependable the Rode NT1-A
>might be in a warm, humid climate? I have a Rode NT4 which does well as lo=
ng
>as the humidity is low. Here in South Carolina this means that I can recor=
d
>with the NT4 only in the winter. I am hoping that the NT1-A does O.K. in
>high humidity. You mention a "wet, drippy night". These conditions would
>quickly disable my NT4.
>
>Robin Carter
>Columbia, SC
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:
>
>Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:50 AM
>To:
>Subject: [Nature Recordists] Digest Number 1799
>
>
>There are 2 messages in this issue.
>
>Topics in this digest:
>
> 1. Rode NT1-A's Night Sequence
> From: Rob Danielson <>
> 2. Re: Rode NT1-A's Night Sequence
> From: Jeremy Minns <>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:27:06 -0500
> From: Rob Danielson <>
>Subject: Rode NT1-A's Night Sequence
>
>Martyn et al--
>Finally, here are the NT1A's performing, X-Y angled at 60 degrees
>through a wet, drippy night along the Kickapoo River in SE Wisconsin,
>May 26, 2005.
>
>http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Temporary/7723EQSparseRvrNiteSeq.mp3
>44mb (mp3)
>
>Its a 30 minute sequence of cross-faded segments starting with the
>10pm town siren in LaFarge through sunrise recorded on the Sound
>Devices 722, full gain. If you want to download it rather than have
>it load in your browser, go to the directory at
>http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Temporary
>and right click on the link: 7723EQSparseRvrNiteSeq.mp3 and select
>the "save to disk" option. Mac folks, use control-click. Rob D.
>
> =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D
>
>At 3:32 PM -0700 6/22/05, Martyn Stewart wrote:
> >Let us just hope that someone gets out in the field to use these rather
>than
> >quoting mic specs, I personally would like to hear results.
> >
> >Martyn
> >
> >Martyn Stewart
> >Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
> >http://www.naturesound.org
> >
> >N47.65543 W121.98428
> >Redmond. Washington. USA
> >Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
> >
> >425-898-0462
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:
> > On Behalf Of Rob Danielson
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:18 AM
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] 722 vs [was] NT1-A and moisture
> >
> >At 1:22 PM -0400 6/22/05, Walter Knapp wrote:
> >>From: Rob Danielson <>
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >>When Rode makes a figure-8, compare that to a MKH-30.
> >>
> >>One other small reason I went with the MKH series is that it's one of
> >>the few series that includes a figure-8. In my M/S I'm using same brand
> >>and series for both mics. Makes me at least feel like I have a somewhat
> >>matched set of mics in my M/S.
> >>
> >>Walt
> >>
> >>
> >
> >The new, NT2-A is variable polar pattern (cardioid, fig 8 and omni)
> >and seems to be based on the same electronics as the NT1-A.
> >Hopefully, they'll be _fairly_ well-matched for M-S. The $600 combo
> >could provide great stereo imagery or it could be very poor-- no way
> >to tell this without field testing. The 30 and 40 work well together
> >above 200Hz but the 40's stronger bass response makes the center
> >heavy unless addressed with EQ. No big deal. With some EQ, I seem to
> >be able to cover about 230 degrees with tonal eveness with my mkh
> >30/40 pair which is impressive. That large capsules tend to be more
> >treble centric than small capsules, as Dan points out, could detract
> >from the tonal uniformity of the Rode MS stereo field. The 2A alone
> >weighs as much as 4- 30/40 combos,.. Rob D.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:09:25 -0300
> From: Jeremy Minns <>
>Subject: Re: Rode NT1-A's Night Sequence
>
>Rob,
>
>The thing I like best about this list is listening to other people's
>recordings so I downloaded your file. When I tried to load it into Cool
>Edit 2000 I got a window 'Interpret Sample Format AS' followed by a window
>'Raw Data (no header)'. In my complete ignorance of these matters I clicke=
d
>OK for the default settings in each case. The file was loaded but consiste=
d
>only of white noise.
>
>What should I have done?
>
>Jeremy
>
> >Martyn et al--
> >Finally, here are the NT1A's performing, X-Y angled at 60 degrees
> >through a wet, drippy night along the Kickapoo River in SE Wisconsin,
> >May 26, 2005.
> >
> >http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Temporary/7723EQSparseRvrNiteSeq.mp3
> >44mb (mp3)
> >
> >Its a 30 minute sequence of cross-faded segments starting with the
> >10pm town siren in LaFarge through sunrise recorded on the Sound
> >Devices 722, full gain. If you want to download it rather than have
> >it load in your browser, go to the directory at
> >http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Temporary
> >and right click on the link: 7723EQSparseRvrNiteSeq.mp3 and select
> >the "save to disk" option. Mac folks, use control-click. Rob D.
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
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>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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>
>"Microphones are not ears,
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>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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>
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