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Date: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:44 am ((PDT))
Hi Mike,
thanks a lot for your answer! :-)
As I said to Matt, I checked the wikipedia page you sent to me, and actuall=
y both plugs (male on te cable, and male on the original mic) are mini-TRS =
stereo (two black bands on the plug).
So I think that the cable is the right one. But maybe is really not a good =
one!! ;-)
So I'll try to buy a shorter better cable, as you suggested. And I'll try a=
lso to disable the AGC as Matt suggested.
I'll let you know how it will work ;-)
Have a nice day, and thanks again
Ric.
Da: picnet2 <>
A:
Inviato: Domenica 26 luglio 2009, 19:00:14
Oggetto: [Nature Recordists] Re: Beginner's question: Microphone cable
Hello Riccardo,
The headphone extension cable may be made from strands of enamel wire, - fo=
ur pairs of enamel wire wrapped. It depends on the type, Ive used one which=
is using twin coax without problem. - In general its not a good idea to us=
e such cable to extend plug-in-power microphones unless you know the screen=
is good, by good i mean the signal wire is encased totally by the screen.
If the original mic has a 3.5mm TRS male plug, you would need e.g 1.5 Meter=
cable with a 3.5mm male plug at one end and 3.5mm female socket at the oth=
er.
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Tip_ring_ sleeve#Recording %20equipment
If you do buy another cable, its a good idea to check the weight of the cab=
le, sadly it seems some recent cable suppliers have mad cables that include=
less copper (its expensive) - This means the screen or inner wire becomes =
exposed along the whole length or parts of the cable.
Summary:
Buy a 3.5mm TRS male to female extension cable, plug the mic into the femal=
e socket and the male plug into your MD recorder. - Watch out for cheap cab=
les.
Obviously ensure the mic is working before you buy any further cables :)
BR,
Mike.
--- In naturerecordists@ yahoogroups. com, Riccardo Bianchi <pelerin_voyage=
ur@ ...>
wrote:
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> Good morning,
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> my name is Riccardo and I'm new on the list.
> ...and I'm new in this field, as well ;-)
>
> Last year during a trip at Indiana Dunes national park, near Chicago, at =
I bought the "Wild Soundscape" book at the Park bookstore.
>
> And now I just bought an Hi-MD recorder on ebay ;-) a NH900.
>
> I'm trying to get my first recordings, thus I have a question...very stup=
id question, I guess ;-)
>
> - I noticed that using the little mic drectly plugged on the recoder case=
, I record the noise from the MD machinery...
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> - ...so I thought that I could have bought a long "hearphone" cable to us=
e the microphone at a certain distance from the recoder itself...
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> - ...I bought it, but I noticed that this cable introduces a lot of stron=
g noise in the recording!! I mean, each time that the cable is touched or m=
oved, a loud sound (like that one we get when tapping on the microphone) ju=
mps in the recording, as like as the cable itself would be a microphone!
>
> So I guess that that cable (that one we buy in order to get a longer cabl=
e for the earphones) is not the right cable ;-)
>
> Thus my question is: which cable should I buy?
>
> Thank you very much for your help and for your patience with a so basic a=
nd stupid question! :-P
>
> Have a nice Sunday,
>
> Ric.
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> Da: picnet2 <>
> A: naturerecordists@ yahoogroups. com
> Inviato: Sabato 25 luglio 2009, 21:18:24
> Oggetto: Re: [Nature Recordists] To your ear...
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> Getting warmer,
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> Some localization may help:
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> EQ'ed
> http://urlme. net/audio/ dontthrowstones. mp3
> Removes some of the traffic noise.
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> Crop with no frequency processing besides where I placed the mic.
> http://urlme. net/audio/ dontthrowstones- noeq.mp3
>
> BR,
> Mike.
>
> --- In naturerecordists@ yahoogroups. com, Juan Carlos Blancas Avil=C3=A9=
s <cjitter@ > wrote:
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> > to my ears some kind of binaural or pseudo-bin setup
> > best
> > jc
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> > El 25/07/2009, a las 12:53, picnet2 escribi=C3=B3:
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> > > Are you able to identify the type of microphone configuration used
> > > to record this rain/plan snippet:-
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> > > http://urlme. net/audio/ rigx-rainplane. mp3
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> > > BR,
> > > Mike.
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