I use omnis (Sony ECM55Bs) as backups to my Sennheiser MS system. Tie
a string around a tree (about the same diameter as the distance
between your ears). Clip the mics opposite one another, turn on your
recorder and you'll get lovely binaural programme material. It's
about as easy as it gets. Caution, however: the Sonys are noisier
than the Sennheisers by a fair amount. So you'll want to use them in
a place where the signal you are trying to record is dense and loud
enough to overcome the mic noise floor (otherwise referred to as
signal to noise ratio).
Bernie
>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
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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