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Re: Surround Sound / Wildlife Recordings

Subject: Re: Surround Sound / Wildlife Recordings
From: "clay" dan.cesonrocks
Date: Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:19 am ((PDT))
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:29 AM, corticalsongs <>wro=
te:

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> > Any thoughts on using surround sound for wildlife? Are the mic specs
> suited to wildlife?
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> I would say that all you need is 4 mics to start. As far as I can tell th=
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> fancy surround mics are all pretty noisy right now, perhaps thier intende=
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> use was the concert hall or foley stage. If you are recording a jungle at
> night, they would be fine, but as Dan pointed out, they are probably too
> noisy for most quiet places in North America.
>
> David
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I was thinking three mics would work, if one were Figure-8, plus front and
rear facing cardiods?


There is something called a Tetramic that might be useful, but still
relatively noisy.

http://www.core-sound.com/TetraMic/1.php

clay






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