Right, Oryoki, of course.
1/ Go for the db(A) figures
2/ make sure that the output of the mic overrides the noise of the input
preamp.
These simple rules can be used by all naturesound recordists.
If you want to put your mic into a base drum, or blow the trumpet into it,=
or even put it into a grand piano - then you enter another field.
Klas.
At 16:42 2006-04-04, you wrote:
>It appears that we can't put much faith in the numbers provided by the
>equipment manufacturers (surprise, surprise!). If I had the recorder
>in front of me, what should I do to measure EIN? Or the maximum gain
>that a recorder's preamp can add to the mic input? If we could come
>up with a test procedure, maybe the members of this group can generate
>our own numbers.
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>How did Raimund Specht collect the information about the Marantz
>PMD671 on his web page at
>http://www.avisoft-saslab.com/tutorial_mic_recorder.htm
>I guess I should read the relevant pages at the RANE website, starting
>here
>http://www.rane.com/note148.html
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>Sometimes I feel like I'm at a wine tasting when I read reports about
>recording gear. Once we have a way to measure EIN and preamp gain,
>how can we measure the "quality" of the preamp output without
>resorting to adjectives like "transparent," "airy," "warm," and
>"detailed?"
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>--oryoki
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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