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Re: Shotgun Mic, or Parabolic Reflector? Opinions, Please.

Subject: Re: Shotgun Mic, or Parabolic Reflector? Opinions, Please.
From: "Microscopica" audiofieldrecorder
Date: Sat May 14, 2011 3:45 am ((PDT))

Hi Klas, Not a question of 'can't buy a Telinga', more a question of it's 
limited size and unsuitablility for my particular use. Reference plastic 
umbrellas; they're certainly lightweight but far too fragile and noisy for 
field recording. They also tend to be inefficient, lacking parabolic form or 
reasonable focal point.

--- In  Klas Strandberg <> wrote:
>
> Gosh, what a monster gear, - if you can't buy a Telinga, please use a 
> plastic umbrella!
> 
> Klas
> 
> At 12:26 2011-05-13, you wrote:
> 
> >Hi Scratchpaws, It appears that you may have been put off using a
> >parabolic dish. Contrary to popular belief, they are quite capable of
> >making stereo recordings. If the purchase price seems a bit steep, then
> >consider constructing one yourself for use with any microphone you have
> >to hand. The dish does not have to be preformed, but can be sectional.
> >Take a look at the bottom of my blog post here at
> >http://audiofieldrecordings.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/field-recording-equ\
> >ipment-used-with-audio-samples/
> ><http://audiofieldrecordings.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/field-recording-eq\
> >uipment-used-with-audio-samples/>  which illustrates a 31" dish I
> >constructed from upvc sections. The audio demonstrates its ability in
> >use, even when using a fairly cheap stereo lapel microphone simply
> >clipped inside the dish at its focal point, so no spectacular recordings
> >to be heard here.
> >
> >A large parabolic dish will of course be difficult to handle in any sort
> >of wind, so you would need to shelter from the wind-flow, but this would
> >still be capable of concentrating the sound of the tree-tops from quite
> >a long-long way off.
> >
> >I also use a Sennheiser ME67 long shotgun mic, but they can sound a bit
> >monotonous on their own, so would need mixing with other mics, unless of
> >course you wish to record just specie-specific sounds.
> >
> >Best of luck!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------
> >
> >"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> >sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> email: 
> website: www.telinga.com
>          
> 
>








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