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Re: SP-TFB-2 with Edirol R-09HR or Olympus LS-10 ?

Subject: Re: SP-TFB-2 with Edirol R-09HR or Olympus LS-10 ?
From: "Marinos Koutsomichalis" marinoskouts=
omichalis
Date: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:32 pm ((PDT))

on big problem also is that in nature and wildlife environments you  =0D
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experience wind... so windshields are really a MUST and if you use  =0D
binaurals=0D
it' s quite tricky...=0D
No because there are not dedicated windshields, but because they are  =0D
quite expensive and even if you make your own.. - well it' s really  =0D
not discrete to  wander around with bulky things around your head...=0D

cheers=0D


On 01 =CE=99=CE=BF=CF=85=CE=BB 2009, at 3:17 =CE=A0=CE=9C, Aaron Ximm wrote=
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> > I plan to purchase the SP-TFB-2 binaural mics and either the  =0D
> Edirol R-09HR or the Olympus LS-10.=0D
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> > I plan to record anything nature - birds, frogs, thunder, rain,  =0D
> streams, etc.=0D
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> > My mind is kind of made up on the Olympus, but I just need to  =0D
> know if it's good for quiet forest ambience, streams, leaves  =0D
> rustling maybe.=0D
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> As someone who records 98% of the time with binaural mics,=0D
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> I am duty bound to point out that electret binaural mics are not well=0D
> suited for quiet nature recording (e.g. rustling leaves).=0D
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> It can be done, but the mics are generally much too noisy by nature=0D
> recordings standards, and unless you have an artificial head (or=0D
> mostly use the Krause Tree Method), you also introduce your own noise=0D
> very easily into this kind of recording.=0D
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> There are other options that are iaffordable, but not as convenient to=0D
> carry, setup use... this group is full of experts on those options. ;)=0D
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> aaron=0D
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> -- =0D
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> quietamerican.org=0D
> oneminutevacation.org=0D
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> 83% happy=0D
> 9% disgusted=0D
> 6% fearful=0D
> 2% angry=0D
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