2. Re: mkh hiss in quiet locations...

["Walter Knapp" waltknapp]

Posted by: "Rob Danielson"
>
> Even if one manages to
> completely remove them, as Walt points out, the effective noise
> performance in the field can vary because some natural locations have
> high frequencies that will mask some or all of the self-noise.

I don't believe that's what I said at all. What I'm saying is that
indoor noise fields are not representative of outdoor ones.  Certainly
not so for mic testing purposes.

Note that high frequencies attenuate with distance quite rapidly.  They
are rarely a problem outdoors nature recording as a result.  It's the
low frequencies that can come from a very long ways away. So, I'd have
strong doubts about any masking effects.

Walt