--- In "John Hartog"
<> wrote:
>
> 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 <type@> 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
> > >
> > >
> >John,Rob,group, I have a file you might enjoy with the same AT
Omni's (I believe) http://cdavidsoniv.googlepages.com/home The
name of the file is "Oriole & Hummer Head Omni.mp3". I have to "pad"
the head a bit as it seems too reflective? Thank,Chris Davidson
>
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