In about a month from now I will be spending a few days in the Taman
Negara in Malaysia. I have never been to a rain forest before, and am
only just starting up with nature recording. Hoping to do some
recording while I am there, but have concerns about the effect of
humidity on microphones (just from what I have been reading). At the
moment my equipment consists of:
AT8022 stereo mic
Rycote S-series blimp
Marantz PMD620 recorder
and have a few extra mics: couple of cheap but surprisingly effective
binaural pairs bought through eBay, an ATR3350 lav that is useful as a
cheap omni, and a Rode Videomic which I don't think is ever going to fit
into the blimp.
Would very much appreciate any advice about recording in such a place.
Obviously battery management is a prime issue, but I am wondering if I
ought to be also taking backup microphone(s) that are going to be
completely robust in warm and wet conditions. It is only a vacation
trip - not like a serious project, but it would be a shame to get there
and find wonderful sounds (seems likely) and not be able to record them.
I'm mostly interested in stereo/binaural ambient recording. Link to
something I am fairly happy with so far, done locally in London, at the
end (ambient recording of rain, not critters).
Thanks,
Richard
http://www.riversideinfo.net/pub/Urban_Rain_Hammersmith_London.mp3
(5 mins)
And something with bird sounds (not done with the AT8022, but a Sony
MS957).
http://www.riversideinfo.net/pub/hungry_gulls_with_aeroplane.mp3
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