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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: "paulmcnelis" paulmcnelis
Date: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:29 pm ((PDT))
--- In  Aaron Ximm <> wrote:
>
> > I plan to purchase the SP-TFB-2 binaural mics and either the Edirol R-0=
9HR or the Olympus LS-10.
> >
> > I plan to record anything nature - birds, frogs, thunder, rain, streams=
, etc.
>
> > My mind is kind of made up on the Olympus, but I just need to know if i=
t's good for quiet forest ambience, streams, leaves rustling maybe.
>
> As someone who records 98% of the time with binaural mics,
>
> I am duty bound to point out that electret binaural mics are not well
> suited for quiet nature recording (e.g. rustling leaves).
>
> It can be done, but the mics are generally much too noisy by nature
> recordings standards, and unless you have an artificial head (or
> mostly use the Krause Tree Method), you also introduce your own noise
> very easily into this kind of recording.
>
> There are other options that are iaffordable, but not as convenient to
> carry, setup use... this group is full of experts on those options. ;)
>
> aaron
>

I don't understand why you would say that. Here is a recording of falling l=
eaves with the SP-TFB-2

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=3D38646

I'm just trying to find out about the Olympus LS-10, not the SP-TFB-2's.







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