John,
That's a good question, I too have often wondered about this. I
suspect that the large ribbon may be very sensitive to wind and
movement, but I have no direct experience with ribbon mics.
If you are really interested I would call Wes Dooley at AEA
(http://wesdooley.com). Wes has a lot of experience with ribbon mics
and though he might try to sell you some of his, he also has an
appreciation for what us nature recordists do. I spoke with him at
AES a few weeks ago and he was reminiscing about a field recording
trip in the 70s in (I think) Africa.
Let us know if you hear anything.
--greg weddig
http://gregweddig.net
--- In "John Hartog"
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> Hi group,
> I didn't find much on this topic in the archives, but it seems folks
> generally avoid ribbon mics for nature recording: is this because
> their sensitivity is to low?
> The reason I am wondering is I noticed an ad for a Beyerdynamic M160
> (hypercardiod) & M130 (figure 8) combo, but looking at the specs I
> can't understand how to compare them to specs of the condenser mics I
> am used to using.
>
> Beyerdynamic's M130 data sheet shows:
> Open circuit voltage at 1 kHz (0dB = 1V/Pa): 1.0 mV/Pa ≡ -60 dBV
>
> Can anyone put this in terms relevant to nature recording?
>
> Happy Halloween!
>
> John Hartog
> Portland, Oregon USA
>
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