Thanks for the example, Rob.
I didn't notice the center sounding so "over stated", as you put it, until
listening to your edited version which greatly expanded the sense of depth and
width.
Even with your fine edits, we are still left with a stereo spread that hardly
fills the space between the loudspeakers. I'm guessing the omni capsules on the
M10 are placed too closely related to do any better than compressing a 360
degree soundscape into a 50 degree wedge.
John Hartog
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
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> At 11:46 AM +0000 11/15/09, Raimund wrote:
> >Hi again,
> >
> >I just returned from a short trip to a windy hilltop and made a few
> >more recordings with the M10. This is a gang of jackdaws and ravens:
> >
> ><http://www.avisoft.com/scratch/SONY_PCM_M10_jackdaws_and_ravens.mp3>http://www.avisoft.com/scratch/SONY_PCM_M10_jackdaws_and_ravens.mp3
> >
> >Regards,
> >Raimund
>
> Thanks for taking time to make a sample recording for us, Raimund. I
> have some initial observations about the M10's built-in mics.
>
> I was able to lessen the over-stated center of the stereo field by
> stacking/adjusting two M-S plugs and then, with EQ inserted between
> the M-S plugs, attenuate some lower-mid of the center and reduce some
> of the high frequency emphasis and graininess on the sides. Here's a
> before-and-after QuickTime movie for the curious:
>
> https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/type/public/media/Raimund_M10Mics_ReduceMid_EQ_Sor3Lrg.mov
>
> The M10's built-in mics definitely have more promise and application
> than the built-in mics in the Zoom H2 for distant subjects. I did
> encounter some of the bumps and peaks in frequency response that
> Sony's plot suggests, but the overall tonal balance can become pretty
> pleasant after some EQ.
>
> Sony's self-noise rating of 17dB(A) seems about right. I would
> characterize the noise as fairly sharp with quite a few narrow peaks
> between 4KHz and 7KHz. I found this part of the spectrum too
> aggressive to leave as-is. There's some emphasized presence in the
> upper mid-range which enhances the spatiality a bit. I didn't detect
> a significant amount of noise at the lower end of the spectrum as we
> encountered with the LS-10.
>
> The movie only shows the first of the two M-S plugs used. The 2nd M-S
> plug is set for M-S to L-R and both of the slider settings are at
> unity, 0dB. Rob D.
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