Hi--
I'd love to hear some samples of the surround
work people are realizing with these arrays. Rob
D.
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At 7:10 PM +0300 8/26/10, Marinos Koutsomichalis wrote:
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>
>There are also the soundfield ambisonics
>microphones - I' ve work with them outdoors but
>always not in extreme conditions. I' m quite
>happy with their sound !
>
>I read somewhere though that Chris recently used
>one in his trip to antarctica..
>
>m
>
>On 26 =C9=FC=C9"=C9=A1 2010, at 5:51 =C9 .=C9 ., Bernie Krause wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> > 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
>
> > > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:19 AM, clay
>><<dan.cesonrocks%40gmail.com>>
>>wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:29 AM,
>>corticalsongs
>><<corticalsongs%40yahoo.com>
>> >> >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>http://www.core-sound.com/Tetra=
Mic/1.php
>> >>
>> >> clay
> > >>
>
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