Gianni, you wrote,
> I hope to be able to do some field recording with a 4 channels
>recording system (laptop + MOTU Traveller).
>What is the best I could do with such a system ?
>One of my ideas is to use two low-noise omnis, or cardioids, to get
>the whole soundscape, and two shotguns to point in the direction
>where I expect to hear the sounds I'm interested in (deers).
>What else I could do ?
A technique that Rich Peet turned me on to has produced some very
pleasing recordings for me:
Use a stereo array for the front pair of channels. In your case, this
could be a pair of shotguns, coincident (crossed at the capsules) or
ORTF (17 cm) spaced.
Then put up "outrigger" left and right rear omni mics forty or fifty
feet off to the left and right. These pick up uncorrelated (no
phantom imaging) sound that fills in the surround.
Then there's the "blockhead" 4-channel omni array that Rich has been
developing lately.
-Dan Dugan
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