At 10:06 AM +0100 1/17/06, Gianni Pavan wrote:
>Just yesterday I made my first field recordings with a 722 connected
>to a NT1A pair. ...The sound I got was rich and hiss-free (with 70dB gain)=
.
Now that's impressive! ;-) The most noticeable
narrow bands of self noise from the NT1-A's are
usually around 8.3K to my ears/tools. There's
often a large bump under 30Hz too (which I
believe is partially responsible for its 25mv/Pa
rating producing lower saturation than mkh's with
the same rating). Other, usually narrow,
exaggerated bands can form between 2K to 6K
adding to apparent graininess. Low end clarity
(which I can only assume has to do with self
noise and perhaps some distortion too) is pretty
good, though no mics really represent 125Hz to
700 Hz "well" in live, acoustic spaces in my
opinion. All in all though, they do perform with
such astonishing, low noise that the difference
is quite glaring when compared to a mic with a
respectable 13dBA self noise.
> Because of the high gain I used a
>tripod, recorded to CF only, and I moved 10 meters away to avoid
>recording my own noises). Distant people talking and moving in front
>of the mics were well focused, without the "hole in the middle",
>though, a narrower angle could be preferable to focus more on the
>frontal direction.
I use from 60-90, usually close to a 70 degree
spread. Several factors to consider when setting
this. Congrats on the new set-up. I know you've
been planning this for a long while. Rob D.
>There are not specific settings for the NT1As, though. I just set 96K
>sampling rate, 24bits resolution, P48 on, Limiter ON, High Gain Range
>(up to 70dB of mic gain but if you record loud subjects you can
>prefer the Low Gain setting), HP filter ON (with the softest setting).
No HP filtering for me. I think 2GB file limit is
default now, set recording media, date. I can
hear detect a small difference, but I no longer
record at 96K if I plan to do mixing with the
material because it adds so much CPU overhead
compared to 48K and, whoa does it fill-up the
drive! If you have very fast computer, it might
handle several stereo tracks with real time
processing of 96K files, but my 1Ghz G4 TiBook
will choke. I often attenuate so much 8K and up
anyway working with such quiet locations. My
respects to the bat folks. Rob D.
>
>This was my first trial. Any comment will be appreciated!
>
>Gianni
>
>At 02.56 17/01/2006, you wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>
>>Would anyone using a SD722 and an NT1-A pair care to share their 722
>>settings with me?
>>Feel free to answer off list, see email below. If you've saved
>>custom presets for the 722-NT1
>>combination, the 722.SUP binary file could be attached to an email.
>>
>>I just received this gear and have read through the manual but if I
>>thought I'd ask people with
>>experience before I go through some trial and error.
>>
>>We have a very knowledgable and civil group here and I for one very
>>much appreciate that.
>>This is a wonderful resource.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Steve Cox
>>
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