Hi Ray--
There was a SASS-P on eBay a few days back, but as you may know, the
capsules in the "P" model are too noisy/too insensitive for use in
quiet location ambience without a lot of noise at high gain. Walter
Knapp does a modification to the P body for accepting larger, very
low noise omni mics like the mkh-20's that is popular for what you
describe <>. You'd probably need to separate
the mics a greater distance from video camera noise in quieter
places. A number of recordists on the list have made boundary rigs
and some of those use small, partially-baffled boundaries that have
imaging similarities: http://diystereoboundarymics.blogspot.com/ The
very low-noise AT4022 mics [actual, self-noise performance 8dB(A),
not the rated,13 dB(A)] are popular for these rigs ($260 each) though
they would be fairly bulky for camera mounting. Once could make a
lighter weight DIY version out of foam core with low noise EM172
capsules: http://tinyurl.com/29lhzub on a tighter budget.
Ian Rawes and others have been using the X-Y AT BP-4029 and getting
very nice results-- especially with closer subjects, around $600 I
think. M-S arrays like the Sennhesier MKH40-30 are very
popular >$2000 and would fit the video camera flash shoe as well.
These are some initial suggestions you can start researching. There
are quite a few more. Rob D.
At 10:33 AM +0000 6/30/10, rayb wrote:
>Hi Rob
>
>I'll be recording in both types of locations and am looking for
>suggestions for both types of areas. I'd like to duplicate the Crown
>imaging but would be as satisfied with an X-Y stereo sound.
>
>Thanks for answering.
>
>Ray
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>Rob Danielson <> wrote:
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>> At 6:13 AM -0400 6/29/10, Ray Bayer wrote:
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>> >Hi
>> >
>> >I'm a brand new member and have a question about microphones.
>> >
>> >I have a Panasonic HDC HS700 video camera with a 240 gig hard drive
>> >and it has a hot shoe on top for an external microphone which I want
>> >to utilize. I'd like a good stereo mike like the Crown SASS-P MK II
>> >HC but Crown has discontinued that model.
>> >
>> >Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>> >
>> >Ray Bayer
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>> Hi Ray--
>>
>> Your first post on the list? If so, welcome!
>> So you want an on-board stereo mic,.. Do you want to do nature
>> recording with video in quiet natural locations or use the
>> combination primarily to record ambience in louder settings?
>>
>> The Crown SASS-P is known in limited circles, this being one of them.
>> Do you want to try and replicate the stereo imaging of that mic/array
>> or would you be happy with X-Y or M-S stereo arrays? Rob D.
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