Greg:
I believe your idea of 25 cm is about right in most setting. I've used
distances from 20-50cm and tend to like slightly wider spacing (30cm).
I think this is because I "somehow cue in on time of arrival differences
more than intensity differences in sensing the stereo effect" (though
those words might not really mean anything --- it's just what I tell
myself).
More recently I've been fooling with omnis on boundaries along the lines
of Curt Olson's experiments
(http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundscapes/index.html) and the
microphones on boundary experiments reported on Rob's page
http://diystereoboundarymics.blogspot.com/
In the end when I figure this out, I think I'll end up liking the
boundary scheme better. It is easy to do so you might like to give it a
quick try.
Steve P
Simmons wrote:
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> Are any people here using omnis to record nature sounds? And, if so,
> what spacings are you using?
>
> Assuming I wanted to capture a 360 degree scene, like a dawn chorus in
> a rainforest, what would you recommend?
>
> Theory suggests that if I want to capture such a scene, I'd need a
> spacing that allows a 180 degree recording angle, and is able to
> compress that width into a stereo signal that extends from hard left
> to hard right. According to Image Assistant, a spacing between 22cm
> and 25cm will do it with minimum angular distortion (only at the
> extremes, beyond 75% hard left or right).
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions from those using omnis for nature
> recording would be appreciated.
>
> - Greg Simmons
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