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4. Re: SONY PCM-M10 field recording

Subject: 4. Re: SONY PCM-M10 field recording
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_audio
Date: Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:46 pm ((PST))
At 3:56 AM +0000 11/17/09, hartogj wrote:
>  ....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.
>

Mark R. wrote:
>I too felt that close mics are a culprit and I wonder if placing a discreet
>little barrier in the middle of the unit between to two mics might result.
>...methinks it could provide just a little more than we are hearing.

Hi Mark and John--

Seems like a manufacturer would have thought of removable mic 
capsules to give the recordist the option to determine spacing, the 
angle formed and use different barriers.

A tight-fitting block of high density foam between the M10's capsules 
would provide more HF separation. Not sure how much this would help 
though. The "opposing" capsule positioning that Sony uses already 
makes content to the sides brighter. You'd probably still get a lot 
of shared low frequencies in the middle as frequencies under 500Hz 
wrap around small barriers. A foam divider might further reduce 
treble presence across the middle and, likewise, localization around 
center. Rob D.


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