Thanks for the good advice Rob. I think I'll pick up a couple of them and p=
ost the results.
Yep, the ribbons are shall we say, "wind averse" They could use a fur sock=
but so far, the dogs are unwilling to contribute :) That Markertek materi=
el is a good 1/2" thick which helps. Just look for the fool on the hill wit=
h the foam box...
For purposes of example, it's cooking about 70 mph today. No front yard am=
bience recording this afternoon :)
Randy
--- On Fri, 11/27/09, Rob Danielson <> wrote:
> From: Rob Danielson <>
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] diy mic outdoor enclosure
> To:
> Date: Friday, November 27, 2009, 9:01 PM
> Hi Randy--
> Ribbon mics are reputed to be very susceptible to wind, so
> your
> windscreen is quite an accomplishment. The sensitivity of
> the Fathead
> mics is very low compared to what nature recordists are
> used to.=A0 The
> RODE D-PowerPlug that Cascade is promoting does seems like
> a good
> option, especially if your recorder or external preamp can
> add an
> additional 55-75 dB of gain. As a phantom-powered, 20dB
> gain preamp,
> the D-PowerPlug isn't overly quiet (-116 dBu A weighted),
> but perhaps
> quiet enough for your ribbon mics.=A0 Would be great to
> hear some
> stereo fieldwork from your rig some time. Hope your
> experiment
> continues smoothly. Rob D.
>
>
> >Thanks for the welcome. I do appreciate it.
> >
> >It's a pair of Fatheads with any of an assortment of
> shotguns, the
> >idea being to grab the subject of interest and retain
> content. The
> >shotgun (or any other pattern if the situation fits) is
> mounted in
> >the middle of the bar. I use a Voxengo alignment plugin
> to keep
> >things semi straight. An impulse at the outset helps in
> that regard.
> >
> >Each mic gets a channel in Logic on a Mac laptop. The
> imaging is
> >nice although the ribbons seem to need gain. I'm still
> working out
> >the kinks on that particular arrangement. I've been
> using the
> >windscreen box for some time. I live on a windy
> mountaintop and like
> >beach and desert locations which can have some wind.
> Think of it as
> >a rabbit cage only smaller with foam over the wires...
> >
> >It all goes into two flight cases in the back of a
> Jeep.
> >
> >Randy
> >
> >--- On Fri, 11/27/09, Rob Danielson
> ><<type%40uwm.edu>>
> wrote:
> >
> >>=A0 From: Rob Danielson
> <<type%40uwm.edu>>
> >>=A0 Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] diy mic
> outdoor enclosure
> >>=A0 To:
> >><naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>=
.com
> >>=A0 Date: Friday, November 27, 2009, 12:04 PM
> >>=A0 At 11:42 AM -0800 11/27/09, Randy
> >>=A0 Perretta wrote:
> >>=A0 >
> >>=A0 >I picked up a few sheets of windscreen
> foam from
> >>=A0 Markertek and built
> >>=A0 >a wireframe box which works quite well.
> Holds a two
> >>=A0 ribbon blumlein
> >>=A0 >bar with a center shotgun...
> >>
> >>=A0 Hi Randy--
> >>=A0 In a test of mic arrays made by James Boyk
> at Caltech in
> >>=A0 1988
> >>
> >><http://www.its.caltech.edu/~boyk/,>http://www.its.caltech.edu/~boyk/,=
> >>he came to
> >>=A0 conclusion that he
> >>=A0 liked the stereo imaging of ribbon mics in a
> Blumlein pair
> >>=A0 the best.
> >>=A0 Do you happen to have a field recording made
> with a pair of
> >>=A0 ribbon
> >>=A0 mics that you can possibly share with us?
> :-)=A0 What
> >>=A0 model of Cascade
> >>=A0 mics? How do you typically use/mix-in your
> shotgun with
> >>=A0 this array? I
> >>=A0 see this may be your first post, if so,
> welcome to the
> >>=A0 list! Rob D.
> >>=A0 --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>=A0 ------------------------------------
> >>
> >>=A0 "While a picture is worth a thousand words,
> a
> >>=A0 sound is worth a thousand pictures." R.
> Murray Schafer via
> >>=A0 Bernie Krause
> >>=A0 Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >><naturerecordists-fullfeatured%40yahoogroups.com>naturerecordist=
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via
> Bernie Krause
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
> =A0 =A0
>
>
>
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