Having recorded elephants in several countries of Africa and SE Asia,
the best result I've had w/ standard available equipment is still the
MKH20 (Sennheiser), an omni-directional mic with specs down to 15Hz.
While the diversity of ele-vox is not quite as great with Asian
elephants (compared with African plains or forest varieties), they
can be quite spectacular. Shotgun mics won't work. Nor will cardioid
patterned mics. To capture what's there in their respective vox you
really need omnis that cover the range, are quiet and reliable in
those environments.
Sennheisers can sometimes be bought off of eBay or Craig's list for
pretty reasonable prices and w/in your budget.
Bernie Krause
>Thanks to all who have given suggestion on elephant sound recording. My
>friend wants to record sound for the purpose of documentation of different
>elephant vocalizations and also to use vocalizations for prevention of
>elephant damage to life and property. The budget for the equipment is abou=
t
>USD 3000.
>
>Best Wishes
>Pratap Singh
>
>
>>From:
>>Reply-To: "No Reply"<>
>>To:
>>Subject: [Nature Recordists] Digest Number 2378
>>Date: 9 Jan 2007 18:10:34 -0000
>>
>>There are 2 messages in this issue.
>>
>>Topics in this digest:
>>
>>1. Re: equipment for elephant sound recording
>> From: Walter Knapp
>>
>>2. Noiselevel on Sony MZ-RH1
>> From: sveinung_nygaard
>>
>>
>>Messages
>>________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>1. Re: equipment for elephant sound recording
>> Posted by: "Walter Knapp" waltknapp
>> Date: Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:48 am ((PST))
>>
>>Posted by: "Rich Peet"
>>
>> > I wouldn't recommend following that equipment list recommendation by
>> > Cornell. I suspect this is either obsolete info or written by an
>> > obsolete person.
>> > Using their custom recorders that can not be adjusted in the field?
>> > obsolete and noisey Earthworks mics? and obsolete SD mic preamps?
>>
>>I would agree on most of their list, but the SD MP2 is a good preamp. It
>>was always a mystery why SD discontinued it. Especially in the face of
>>increased popularity of M/S recording as it's equipped with a M/S
>>decoder system while what they left in their lineup in the same price
>>range is not.
>>
>>Cornell's current recording units are useless for us, not available. And
>>more complex than necessary.
>>
>>Walt
>>
>>
>>Messages in this topic (10)
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>>________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>2. Noiselevel on Sony MZ-RH1
>> Posted by: "sveinung_nygaard"
>>sveinung_nygaard
>> Date: Tue Jan 9, 2007 10:10 am ((PST))
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>I might be mistaken, but it seems to me that the mic pre on the Sony MZ-R=
H1
>>is very noise. If
>>anybody cold lead me on the right track I would be very thankful. I have
>>one of these
>>recorders, and I tried comparing it to the preamp on my MOTU 828 mk2, and
>>the mic pre on
>>the sony recorder has a lot of high frequency noice on it. I used a Neuma=
n
>>TLM103 with
>>phantom from a ART2 box. It was all done indoor to check the noiselevel
>>(very crudely!). But
>>still?
>>
>>I have read very good things on the forum on the noiselevel of the RH1, b=
ut
>>these simply
>>dont map into my world. -122db sounds very good for a noisefloor, somethi=
ng
>>far away from
>>what I perceive here.
>>
>>Sveinung
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Messages in this topic (1)
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>>
>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>
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