I wonder if it would be possible to get Bruce's test linked in the
yahoo group home page or some other official/visible place? Here the
list of the arrays he used:
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/naturerecordists/2006-04/=
msg00338.html
Rob D.
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At 3:53 PM -0700 6/19/06, Dan Dugan wrote:
>Phil Schroter, you wrote,
>
>>I am doing this for many years now but more and more I begin to
>>realize that a single point stereo mic doesn't bring the results I
>>am finally searching for.
>>Currently, I am using a Rode nt4 but the stereo image is, in my
>>opinion and as you'd expect it from a mic that consists of two
>>single capsules, a little too... it's difficult to describe, to
>>compressed, the individual sound sources can be heard where they
>>should be, but between them tthere is a lack of space that gives the
>>whole recording a strange and in a way unrealistic character, in my
>>opinion.
>>I Think, correct me, if I'm wrong, a nice and clean, a typical and
>>ideal stereo recording that would satisfy my completely would be
>>only possible wehn using two independent different mics.
>
>I have a similar reaction to single-point recordings on headphones.
>On speakers it's harder to tell. You might experiment with the ORTF
>and Jecklin Disc arrays. They add in some time differences that might
>provide what you need.
>
>I suggest studying the samples provided by Bruce Wilson that compare
>ten different stereo mic arrays:
>
>Short version: 50 sec., 16-bit 48kHz .WAV, 10.6 MB
>http://wilson.dynu.net/sounds/StereoPatternTest-NT2000-short.wav
>
>Short version, 44.1 kHz .WAV for CD burning, 9.7 MB:
>http://wilson.dynu.net/sounds/StereoPatternTest-NT2000-short44k.wav
>
>Long version: 5 min., 192 kbps 48 kHz stereo .mp3, 6.8 MB
>http://wilson.dynu.net/sounds/StereoPatternTest-NT2000.mp3
>
>Long version 44.1 kHz .WAV for CD burning, 50 MB:
>http://wilson.dynu.net/sounds/StereoPatternTest-NT2000-44k.wav
>
>-Dan Dugan
>
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Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/
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