Thank you David,
Dan's right that your rig is fine -- very high performance, I would
say. And an exceptionally clean M-S recording!
Curt Olson
Dan Dugan wrote:
> David Michael wrote:
>
>> This is my first recording of the season as well as the first time I
>> have heard a Pickerel Frog in the flesh. The recording was made this
>> past Saturday night, May 10th, on Connecticut Hill in Ithaca New York
>> at about 8:30 pm . Two medium sized pools, separated by a bank of
>> trees each host a small group of Spring Peepers, each engaging in
>> their own choral bouts. A single Pickerel Frog quietly calls out from
>> among the Peepers. Gunshots can be heard in the distance, presumably
>> from hunters, though I do not know what is in season.
>
> Very nice! On near speakers, I got very clear beyond-left-and-right
> imaging.
>
>> There is a slight hiss (very slight) which I presume is the
>> self-noise of the microphones and is probably not helped by the
>> FR2-LE's preamps. Any comment on this? I have experimented and
>> recorded alot with this rig, and this is the best performance I can
>> squeeze out of it. Is this a typical self-noise level of the MKHs and
>> I am just expecting too much from microphones?
>
> If I turn it up enough to hear the hiss, the near peepers are
> deafening! Your noise level is great and nothing to worry about.
>>
>
> -Dan Dugan
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