Not having had a ton of first hand experience with other mics rigs...I
will say that my gut feeling is that the VP88 is a les than superior
mic even though its single housing and rugged nature allowed me to get
many things I just would have missed otherwise.
If I tried to record a redwood forest with it you'd hear the self
noise. But, there's nothing that I tried to record during my time in
Africa that I haven't used because of noise. Listen to the Impala
track, that has a pretty quiet background and I don't think noise is
an issue.
Yes I sometimes ran the MP2 at full gain with no big noise issue from
the MP2 itself.
If you want out of the can perfect recordings [is that possible?] then
the VP88 "might" be somewhat limiting. But then again it's only $600
and I've had mine since I was 11 years old so that's why I used it. I
am used to it and I sorta like it though. You just have to know what
it can and can't do.
Danny
--- In "cfmspencer" <>
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> --- In "Danny Meltzer"
> <dannymeltzer@> wrote:
> >
> > The longest files are about 10MB. I guess just try a track and see
> > how fast it's downloading. I sorta figured that for the long ones,
> > you could just download as much as you like since you can start
> > listening almost immediately [well maybe not with dialup].
> >
> > I think I did them at 192kb.
> >
> > Danny
> >
> >
>
>
> Danny,
> thanks for sharing your recordings.
>
> I listened to several M-S recordinds last night,
> and had no problem with download delays, although
> I have broadband.
>
> gotta love the simplicity of your site as well,
> although I couldn't interpret the handwritten 'africa'
> until I looked at the individual recordings.
>
> how often does the rather highish noise of the vp88
> detract from your recordings? I noticed the recordings
> on the site that I listened to always had some sort
> of near-constant sound, i.e., crickets/etc., rain, or
> some other sound that might mask mic noise.
>
> I'm assuming you can't run your MP-2 near full gain
> without some noise issue, yes?
>
> I ask becuase I also have an MP-2 and am looking for
> a single point M-S mic, AND, I don't have any experience
> with improving recordings in post (nor do I want a LOT
> of experience).
>
> thanks much,
> clay
>
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