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Re: Surround Sound / Wildlife Recordings

Subject: Re: Surround Sound / Wildlife Recordings
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:51 am ((PDT))
Four 4060s aligned in a tetrahedral pattern will provide the basis for
ambisonic surround that can be delivered by anything from 3 to over
150 channels. And, yes, the surround provided by an MKH 30 and two 40s
facing opposite directions (used by Martyn, Chris Watson, and a few
others) provides a wonderful double MS result that can likewise be re-
programmed in an ambisonic configuration. The beauty of the double MS
configuration is that only three channels are needed.

Bernie

On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:48 AM, Martyn Stewart wrote:

> I actually had a chance to use the DPA surround setup on a project
> and was very impressed with them. I'm told they are the same
> capsules as the 4060's. I use normally 2 MKH 40 back to back with 1
> MKH-30 effectively.
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Stewart
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> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:19 AM, clay <> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:29 AM, corticalsongs <=

>> >wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Any thoughts on using surround sound for wildlife? Are the mic
>>>> specs
>>> suited to wildlife?
>>>
>>> I would say that all you need is 4 mics to start. As far as I can
>>> tell the
>>> fancy surround mics are all pretty noisy right now, perhaps thier
>>> intended
>>> 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
>>>
>>> __._,_.
>>>
>>
>>
>> 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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