A metronome at 5 metres might be a pretty "hot" reference signal.
Its possible that the "Low Sensitivity" setting might not provide
sufficient gain for quieter sounds and environments. Its worth
further investigation, for sure.
Coincidentally, earlier today, I thought of Aaron's DSM temple mount
preference in relation to your WL-183 rig priorities. Rob D.
At 12:27 PM +1000 7/2/08, Vicki Powys wrote:
>All,
>
>Raimund suggested that the LS-10 might give a better result on low
>sensitivity at higher gain, rather than high sensitivity at a lower
>gain. (I had been recording lyrebirds with a Sennheiser ME67 at high
>sensitivity on volume 2).
>
>I just tried a test indoors, using the ME67 mic with the LS-10, using
>a ticking metronome at 5 metres to set the levels so that the
>recorder would peak at around - 6dB.
>
>The best result with less noise was with the LOW SENSITIVITY setting!
>
>Thanks for the suggestion Raimund.
>
>High sensitivity and volume 2 is about equal to low sensitivity at
>volume 8. There is definitely less noise at volume 8 in the low
>sensitivity setting.
>
>Vicki Powys
>Australia
>
>PS I wholeheartedly agree with remarks by Aaron Ximm. His wonderful
>one minute vacations show just what can be achieved with lightweight
>gear.
>
>On 30/06/2008, at 8:05 PM, Raimund Specht wrote:
>
>> Rob Danielson wrote:
>>
>>> If, as Umshanker suggests, the LS-10's record level is an attenuation
>>> adjustment based on "10" having no attenuation, wouldn't a setting of
>>> "2" just affect the saturation of the recording, not the noise
>>> percentage? That does seem consistent with no improvement in noise
>>> performance at a setting of "2."
>>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> Yes, the recording level adjustment knob of the LS-10 is obviously an
>> attenuator (a potentiometer that divides the output voltage of the
>> first preamplifier stage - similar to the PMD 671 preamp structure
>> shown at
>><http://www.avisoft.com/tutorial_mic_recorder.htm>http://www.avisoft.com/=
tutorial_mic_recorder.htm).
>>Therefore,
>> this potentiometer should also attenuate the preamp noise originating
>> from the first preamp stage.
>>
>> I still haven't tried it, but I could imagine that is would be better
>> to set the LS-10 MIC SENSE to LOW when recording relatively loud
>> sounds. In this way, the REC LEVEL could be set to a higher position
>> (=3D less attenuation).
>>
>> Another potential source of additional noise is the Plug-in Power that
>> can be switched off from the menu. The PIP power can also introduce
>> sporadic crackling noise caused by the 3.5 mm MIC connector. So, when
>> using an K6/MExx microphone, the Plug-in Power should be generally
>> switched off.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Raimund
>>
>>
>>
>
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