Re: Microphones, microphone placement, stereo systems

["Mike Feldman" gidney_n_cloyd]

On 02 Apr, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Shirane Sanzan wrote:
> I'm curious what types of microphones or stereo systems people
> would use in situations such as the following:
> (1) recording a few leaves of a single tree being rustled by the wind;
> (2) recording faint insect vocalizations in an open field (not
> focusing on a single insect);
> (3) recording drips of ice melting off a large rock;
> (4) recording a nearby train whistle.
>

Don't worry about stereo techniques with directional microphones --
get a good set of onmi-directional mics & record mono, or spaced-omni
or Jecklin disk.  And get as close as you can!  (Except for the train).

Omni's are less sensitive to wind noise, have a wider, flatter frequency
response for the $ invested.   The major disadvantage is that aiming
to avoid unwanted sounds doesn't do much good.

-- Mike