i am impressed you could tell the microphone angles! in fact the front pair=
are about 60 degrees, facing each other.
i have just taken apart my brand new zoom H 2 after about five minutes of r=
ecording. the aim is to remove those microphones (which are actually quite=
interesting) and replace them with four tsb 120s arranged as a soundfield =
mic, mounted on a stem coming out of the zoom. i will have then the world's=
cheapest high quality sound field system (200 dollars + 4 * 20 dollars). t=
he zoom can be mounted on a stand, it probably can even be put at the focus=
of a telinga. think of it as a mic rather than a recorder.
umashankar
i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/=
umashankar
----- Original Message ----
From: Nosfoe <>
To:
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:19:51 AM
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: 5.1 mobile recording
I own a Zoom H2 and the mics sound quite amazing for the price
(meaning: realtively uncoloured), but they are of course not very
silent. I would say the selfnoise is around 23 to 30 dB(A). Something
you should know about the mic-setup is that the front mics, which are
angled at 90 degrees, sound more like 60 degrees. The rear mics,
angled at 120 degrees, actually sound like 90 degrees. It's a pretty
amazing recorder for the money (180=A4). A positive thing to mention is =
the ease of use. The Zoom H4 is a bit quirky, but this one is simple
and straightforeward.
The holophone uses 6 DPA 4060's afaik, so watch out, the self-noise
of those mics is around 23dB(A)! Not particularly low for recording
nature.
greets,
max
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> At 9:46 AM -0800 12/10/07, umashankar wrote:
> >i had not beene following this discussion but i have just purchased
> >the zoom h2, and it records 4 channels using built in mics. and
> >daniel courville has some apple software to convert the four
> >channels into 5.1
> >
> >umashankar
>
>
> Umashankar--
> I saw that some folks on the SurSound list are looking into ways of
> inserting their own mics into the H2's circuit. I think that
> Terence's mics on the Holophone HD3 are all omni-directional, but
> they might be a good match for the H2 mic pre. Do you have a theory
> about the array/processing Samson is using to produce the two stereo
> pair tracks from the three, built-in mics? Rob D.
>
>
>
> --
>
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