At 3:48 AM +0000 7/5/08, lilyplants wrote:
>I ordered the Olympus LS-10 thinking it would be much easier to use
>than my MD Sony
>MZM100 with soundprofessional binaural mics. It is.
>
>But it doesn't seem sensitive enough (okay with on high sen, 24,
>limiter on and clip off).
>
>I want it to sound as good as possible with ambient and music. The
>Japanese warbler is much
>better recording than I have achieved.
>
>What really confuses me are the sound samples. Those Sony PCM D-50 on the
>Wingfieldaudio.com site are moving (more overtones). The choir
>sample of the LS is fatiquing
>and uninteresting. YET the samples provides on this site show both
>to be noisy although not
>as noisy as the R09 (can't remember who did them (4 "point and
>shoot" recorders).
>
>How does one account for these differences.
>and Can one achieve better results with one of these recorders over the ot=
her?
>
>I'm new to ambient recording. Thank you for your help.
>lily
Hi Lily--
The "hi-sensitivity" setting does make make good sense for ambience
recording. Maybe turn the Limiter off? Someone who owns an LS-10
might be able to post the settings checklist they follow for
recording quieter sounds and settings. Close-mic'd music should
produce sufficient sound levels to work with.
As for improving the performance of the LS-10, I'd definitely follow
Vicki's recent comparison tests and suggestions including using Shure
WL183 external mics. Other recordists have been posting recordings
with comments. Here's a search of "LS-10" in the list archive:
http://tinyurl.com/5bwupr Raimund's suggestion of using external
mics with low self-noise and very high sensitivity is a good one
though there aren't too many mics to recommend that meet these specs
that are well-suited for recording ambience.
In interpreting the samples provided in the review web sites, look
for tests done in the field using high gain (and preferably with
specified condenser mics, if external mics are used). Most of the
conditions I've come across to date are not similar to those found in
nature recording so they are not a very good indicators of the
performance you might get. Rob D.
--
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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