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Re: Low budget Insect recording

Subject: Re: Low budget Insect recording
From: "Al" ndbdxr
Date: Sun Aug 9, 2009 9:46 pm ((PDT))
John,

I plan to pick up one of those FL 158 mics, next week - Thanks for the link=
s to it. Sounds like it's just what I could really use here. The only quest=
ion/concern I have is: Does it have lower self-noise than these Panasonic W=
M-61A capsules I've been messing with? I made a couple of mics, without any=
 of the recommended mods first. Also, a parabolic dish (with parts from the=
 $0.99 store) and, so far, the handful of mics all produce quite a bit of n=
oise. Lots of background noise.
I have all the stuff set aside, to perform the various mods, etc., etc. I j=
ust haven't had the time yet. I wonder if any of those mods will correct th=
e noise problem?
I miss my cheap Audio Technica ATR-55...at least it didn't have any noise.

Thanks,

Al

--- In  "John Moore" <> wrot=
e:
>
> I picked up a pair of capsules from frogloggers.com to build a mini
> jecklin stereo setup... they're affordable & quite nice sounding:
> Froglogger's Microphones <http://frogloggers.com/FORMgallery4.htm>
>
> You probably want to take a look at the model Model FL 158
> <http://frogloggers.com/FL%20158%20Microphone.htm> , since it is built
> for outdoor recording in humid conditions & would work quite well for
> insects.
>
> John (Flying Monkey Sound Blog <http://sound.flyingmonkeystudio.com> )
>
>








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