At 7:50 PM +0545 2/12/07, Greg Simmons wrote:
>On this topic...
>
>I've spent the last three months travelling around Nepal and Tibet
>making field recordings with numerous microphones and recorders,
>including 5.1 recordings with a Holophone H2 Pro microphone and HHB
>Portadrive (8 tracks, 6 mic inputs). I've made some nature recordings
>with it, but I'm not sure how good they are as yet because I don't
>have any form of 5.1 monitoring with me. Judging from the Left Front
>and Right Front channels only (not a true stereo representation, but
>convenient for monitoring), the tonality is very good, but I cannot
>comment on the noise floor without better monitoring capabilities than
>I currently have access to.
>
>The H2 Pro uses DPA's 4060 series miniature omnis, FWIW...
>
>- Greg Simmons
>
That's really exciting Greg. It will be interesting to hear the
imaging and body that the Holophone H2 Pro can produce with the
variety of locations you'll have to study. One has to appreciate its
compactness and ease of set-up and no requirement for processing.
There are a good number of people doing field recordings in surround.
If you're really curious, I bet if you cut off and uploaded 5, 1
minute full-res clips from a quiet location. people with 5.1
monitoring would be happy to give you some feedback on or off list.
Have fun! Rob D.
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