Posted by: "Tim Nielsen"
> But what I've found with a single zepp MS setup, hand-holding, is
> that I'm much more free to experiment with mic placement. I can walk
> around, moving the mics, listening to the response. Poke it up close
> to something, aim it all around, and hear what I can hear. With stand =
> mounted stereo pairs, this just seems like it'd be much more
> cumbersome. With the MS rigs, I'm just so much more mobile and
> flexible.
About the same as I do. Even small variations in direction or location
sometimes make a big difference. My tall rig I usually also do some
listening before setting it up. And one big use of it is to set it when
I go to bed camping in the truck. I normally set it close enough I can
reach out and rotate it if I picked the wrong direction. Kind of luxury
recording with the recorder right beside me I don't even have to get out
of bed. Though no mobility.
> That's I suppose the main benefit of MS to me, is how portable and
> fast it can be. I have the cable terminating in an XLR-5 in the
> handle of the Rycote, and I can be plugged in and recording in 30
> seconds or so. And when time to keep walking, power down, unplug and
> ready to go.
I use only XLR-5, it makes no sense to run two cables when one can
handle it. I may or may not bother unplugging when wandering around hand
held. The portadisc is in it's own Portabrace case, so not hard to cart
around.
Note that my SASS setup is just as portable as the M/S, and about the
same weight. The Telinga is also nice and light, though the dish is
always a problem stuffing through the brush. The large diaphragm setup
I'm working on is going to be a problem for weight (2 Rode NT2000's). I
don't think I'll hand hold it much.
Walt
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