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Re: pressure build-up ring

Subject: Re: pressure build-up ring
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:47 pm ((PDT))
Just tried them out w/ 20s tied around a tree for quasi-binaural
effect, David. The Myotis were only chirping at between 14 and 16kHz,
tonite, and a pair of Pygmy Owls was going at it. So couldn't really
tell how well it would record above 20kHz. Seems as though it should,
though.

Bernie

On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:27 PM, David Kuhn wrote:

> So it is Martyn, right there new in the box, thanks. Do you, or does
> anyone know, if the ring would work with the MKH in a Walt-mod SASS?
> David
>
> --- In  Martyn Stewart <>
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> >
> > David
> >
> > The pressure build up ring is included with the MKH-20. You can
> expect
> > to record up to 25-30Khz. I have some recordings of myotis
> recorded
> > while sampling at 96k.
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> > On Oct 20, 2008, at 8:04 PM, David Kuhn wrote:
> >
> > > The pdf for the MKH20 states that:
> > > "=95 High-frequency response can be accentuated by means of a
> > > pressure build-up ring "
> > > http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/pdfs/mkh20.pdf
> > >
> > > Can someone say what this is, how it is applied, and how much
> hf
> > > response enhancement can be expected? I'm going out hunting for
> the
> > > Hawaiian Bat (a sub-species of Hoary Bat, whose echolocation call
> is
> > > said to be 15-30 Khz). The MKH 20's freq response only goes to
> 20Khz.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
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