> Re: headroom and saturation and mono recordings
> Posted by: ""
> I guess I am a Neanderthal, but I record using the Telinga dish, a Senn M=
KH
> 20 and use a HHB Portadisc. I record in mono and use the stereo to record=
one
> setting at -10 or so and the other significantly lower. Often I need to
> record with rapid reaction (this is why I love the 5 second buffer offer=
ed by the
> HHB) as the bird may only sing one time and I can't afford a clipped =
> recording. The "second track" has saved me many times. I am not after r=
eally
> pristine recordings, but just ones that are publishable so one can easily=
tell the
> birds song or call.
>
> So, am I in the 20th century?
Hey I record with the Telinga, a couple MKH-20's and the HHb Portadisc.
Maybe not in the same order as I record stereo. So if you are a
Neanderthal, then there are two of us.
For your purposes mono with the second channel for insurance probably
makes sense. You won't be able to go to stereo, which would place the
bird better in the environment until you get a 4 channel recorder,
however. I do all my survey recordings in stereo now because it's
easier to separate the frog that's calling from all the other sounds
listening in stereo. Some survey recordings are necessarily pretty bad
because of their location, but it is essential to be able to identify
the frog. Even if he chooses to breed in the puddle by the freeway. Or
is the quiet one mixed in with 8 other species.
Walt
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