You are right, Rob, about the mics. These 2032's (newly purchased)
have set me on a flurry of putting together various boundary and
barrier array systems. What I used for that recording was a crazy
looking sass/jecklin hybrid thing I made.
I was sitting in a hole at the bottom of a tree. I wasn't really
paying attention to what kind of tree it was, because the mosquitoes
were out in force for the first time this year, so I put a bandanna
over my head, under my headphones, covering my face. I picked the
spot because it had begun to rain and that was the only dry spot I
could find in the immediate vicinity. I held array up on my raised
knees where I sat leaned against the trunk.
Here are a couple photos.
Front view:
http://www.rockscallop.org/photos/jh-070617_array30c.jpg
Top view.
http://www.rockscallop.org/photos/jh-070617_array30b.jpg
It is kind of big, 12" tall and wide, about 15 inched long. Made of
closed cell (micro-cell) foam - the type you might use for flotation
or dense padding. The boundary plates are wood, the central barrier
is micro-cell foam. The mics are mounted though a core of denser
yoga-block foam.
The ambient background: wind in the trees, alder, spruce, fir ,
hemlock and cedar. The ocean is roaring from the distant rear and
likely reflecting off the cape to the right. There was a small
fast-moving stream a hundred feet or more off to the left.
Thank you for your comments.
John Hartog
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> Just a couple of thoughts. I believe I can detect about the right
> amount of additional reverberation on the left from the distant
> woodpecker call on the right. The drips in the center have more
> bottom end and seem a tad louder than those from the sides. Perhaps
> there's an object that is disproportionately closer in the front? If
> not, this kind of symmetry has me guessing M-S. I believe its the
> wind in the pines that masks a good part the lower mid-range, so its
> a bit hard to for me to judge the mics-- but if I had to guess--
> they sound more like smaller diaphragm mics to me, possibly 3032's or
> possibly Schoeps if m-s. Rob D.
>
>
> At 6:29 AM +0000 6/17/07, John Hartog wrote:
> >Here is a one minute recording.
> >
> >http://www.rockscallop.org/test/jh-071016-test.mp3
> >
> >Before I reveal the mics and array (feel free to guess), can anyone
> >give their thoughts on the stereo image or other qualities.
> >
> >John Hartog
> >
> >
>
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