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Rob's comments.
That was supposed to read:
>Hi Rob,
>
>
>At 03:51 PM 8/3/2010 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi Mitch--
> >Interesting to hear a chorus from Massachusetts. The pitch of the
> >calls is lower and the energy rate is a little slower than the
> >Wisconsin packs I'm accustom to. An alpha does seem to be trying to
> >contact pack members, perhaps to determine their location. The
> >individual who calls to the left towards the end seems to make a
> >confirmation bark, but the pack doesn't respond. The yotes should
> >become more vocal into the Fall, especially the pups. It doesn't
> >sound to me like there are the typical 4-5 pups in that pack.
> >
> >AC is a huge contributor to the grungescape this time of year isn't
> >it?. Using several parametric EQ "notches" to reduce specific drones
> >of the AC equipment might make the recording feel less "thin" than
> >using high pass filtering. There's a pretty nice Parametric EQ plug
> >that comes with Reaper that has unlimited bands.
>
>
>
>
> >I'm not sure how I would address stereo with two shotgun mics, but it
> >seems like there is quite a bit of left-right "cross-talk" in the
> >stereo image. Can you describe how you have the mics positioned?
> >Have you tried placing a baffle or other separator between them? Rob
> >D..
>
>Best explained with pictures. And, no, no baffle or separator:
>http://www.4shared.com/dir/F1FPcina/Microphone_tests.html
>
>
>I had spent the afternoon prior to making the Yote recording experimenting
>with the angle between the microphones. I found that with the ME66 pair,
>(super cardioid), I needed to reduce the included angle between
>microphones to 60 degrees. The shorter pencil type ME64 and the R0DE
>NT5's (cardioid with a broad pattern) seem to work well at 90 degrees
>included angle.
>
>I'm not sure of the definition "super cardioid" being meaningful, its how
>Sennheiser categorizes the ME66 amongst the ME64 (cardioid) and the ME67
>(hyper cardioid), fundamentally the ME66 is a narrower pattern and looks
>from the Sennheiser polar plots to be down about 3dB from about 35 degrees
>either side of center. After initial tests, I closed up the angle slightl=
y
>of the ME66 pair but did not measure it, its an 'eyeball' guestimate of 60
>degrees and seems to work quite well, actually better than I had expected.=
..
>
>Interesting to note, at dusk, I had covered the microphones with a black
>plastic garbage bag held with painter's masking tape to protect them from
>the Cape Cod night time humidity and moisture and the Coyote recording is
>made through the plastic bag...
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Thanks,
Mitch & Shadow...
http://www.4shared.com/dir/UTASxktL/wildlife.html
Shadow's area: http://www.4shared.com/dir/ecfWjyZb/Shadow.html
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