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Greg,
You are right, I meant the E100S microphone from CAD and it is a
super-cardioid, indeed.
On 30-May-11 6:28 AM, Gregory O'Drobinak wrote:
>
>
> Shaya:
>
> uh, oh.... you meant the E100S, which does have (supposedly) the 3.7 dBA
> self
> noise. I read the model # as having small 's' at the end as a plural of
> the mic
> (my bad old eyes). I still wonder about the supercardiod pattern, though.
>
> The price is over $500, so I guess someone needs to be sure & bold
> enough to buy
> two of the them and try it out in the bush.
>
> Let us know how it works!
>
> -Greg
>
> ________________________________
> From: Gregory O'Drobinak <
> <gmodrobinak%40sbcglobal.net>>
> To:
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sun, May 29, 2011 8:39:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Why not use the CAD e100s: 3.7dB(A)
> hyper-cardioid
>
> The CAD website specs the E100 self noise at 20 dBA. Perhaps you were
> thinking
> of another mic.
>
> Te other issue with the E100 ia that it has a hypercardiod pattern which
> is a
> bit tight for many NR applications.
>
> -Greg
>
> ________________________________
> From: Shaya Weiss <
> <studio%40shayaweiss.co.il>>
> To:
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sun, May 29, 2011 5:03:50 PM
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Why not use the CAD e100s: 3.7dB(A)
> hyper-cardioid
>
> Dear nature recordists,
>
> Why not use the CAD e100s 3.7dB(A) hyper-cardioid large diaphragm
> microphone in the field? I couldn't find anybody yet that has tried. I
> couldn't get hold of data regarding physical dimensions, repeated emails
> to CAD remained unanswered. But in an email, Joel Patterson, told me
> "it's weight is on par with a soda can that's 3/4 full". According to
> him, they also seem to be "2 1/2 inches wide, 6 inches tall, and the mic
> itself is an inch thick, but with the slender ('stealth' is the way they
> put it) shockmount attached, that makes for 2 inches thick. They are
> unlike any other mic, not a slender cylinder but a flat, overgrown 'pack
> of cigarettes' kind of look to them." I think, except for the price,
> this mic should look very tempting to the members of this list using a
> hyper-cardioid.
>
> With my setup, a Sound Devices USBPre 2 via coaxial S/PDIF into a
> Marantz PMD661 as a bit-bucket, this microphone should produce very
> clean recordings with a very low noise floor. I thought of using a pair
> of them for interviews/testimonies with very quiet people speaking with
> long silences in between (the hyper-cardioid pattern should be well
> suited for interviews). I'm aware that this is not exactly nature
> recording as you define it here, but low self noise is an issue on this
> list and is what motivates this first post.
>
> Shaya / photographer
>
> suburb of Tel Aviv
> no sound recordist background, other than
> some sort of film school training and
> one or two fictional and documentary film projects
>
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