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Re: EQ recordings with parabola

Subject: Re: EQ recordings with parabola
From: "Tim Nielsen" supernielsen
Date: Sun Jun 3, 2007 8:44 am ((PDT))
What I notice more than the high frequency emphasis on my Telinga, is  
a very noticable peak or resonant around 500-600hz. This is I'm  
assuming about where a 20" dish would start to steeply roll off? But  
I almost always do a notch around there to remove the sound of the  
dish. Wondering if anyone else notices it, it's kind of a gentle hum,  
tonal in nature, that is almost always there.


On Jun 2, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Kevin Colver wrote:

> Yes, sometimes I knock down the higher frequencies which are
> disproportionately amplified by the parabola so I can achieve a more
> natural sound. Otherwise the recording may sound a bit tinny. The
> higher frequencies fade more quickly with distance so keeping the  
> higher
> frequencies makes your subject sound closer. This may or may not be an
> effect you want. Sometimes the parabola picks up sounds that a person
> in the field might not hear and this may give an unnatural feel to the
> recording. Remember that all the buzzing bugs and hissy wind are also
> abnormally amplified by the dish.








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