i have used parabolic mics for live effects for many years (not for foley, =
but in synch sound). Among the most satisfying, a child running through cro=
wds on a rainy calcutta street - half the time on dry road and the second h=
alf on a surface with half an inch of water, and a woman filling water into=
a clay pot, on the far shore of a lake.
but then i have used parabolic reflectors for interviews (in front of a s=
teel rolling mill, or on a sand dune).
umashankar
Jim Morgan <> wrote:
A parabola can work for this but keep in mind that the distant sounds you=
record will likely have a distant sound quality to them. I believe this is=
primarily due to the attenuation of the higher frequency sounds caused by =
the distance. The porabola will compensate for this, to a degree, by amplif=
ying the higher frequency sounds more that the lower frequency. In fact the=
lower frequency, if low enough won't be amplified by the parabola at all. =
So it all depends on what you really want. You can get a clear recording of=
something 200 feet away but it will have a distant quality that one 50 fee=
t will not have. If you are a wiz at sound editing you might be able to cor=
rect this.
Jim
Jim Morgan
Prescott, Arizona USA
http://www.wingsofnature.com
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