Hi!
In my experience it is quite rare that you get into the recording
situation where you can benefit from the different characteristics of
a omni or cardioid in a controlled way. Usually you never have that
control, unless you are recording the sounds from a nest, for
example, using a tripod and having plenty of time.
For the mono users, mostly film.makers, I have tried to simplify this
by having both a omni and a cardioid in the Twin Science housing.
Both capsules will be recorded into the separate stereo channels, so
you can select the best track at replay.
Raimund is correct about the freq. curve - see
http://www.telinga.com/gallery/picture_gallery4.htm
The green curve is the cardioid, going higher.
The problem with a long cardioid is the wind and handling noise and
that it will stick out of the dish. It easily gets very unpractical.
Apart from all such questions, the field is wide open for
experiments.
Klas.
At control15:18 2011-06-14, you wrote:
>Hello all;
>It's been good to see all your thoughts about parabolas and
>specially recorder noises.
>But, apart from some advice about not starting with a parabola
>(thanks, and I must say here I am not that newbie), no one has
>answered the rest of my questions... which were more important.
>
>I am not persuading you to answer, but one can know there are
>experts here because of their answers, and I am sure they would
>easily reply with a few words to my original questions, which had
>nothing to do with recorder noise... :)
>
>Thanks !
>
>DSL
>
>--- In "diesel33dsl" <> wro=
te:
> >
> > Hi again;
> > Now comes my first question to experts;
> >
> > I said I consider myself to be quite newbie on this...
> > So far my best mic is a sennheiser mkh-416 (shotgun condenser).
> >
> > I use it outdoor and it gives me good results of ambience, (it is
> mostly used for tv and movies). I have good wind protection gear
> like foams and zeppelin...
> >
> > ...but, though very directional, it captures aaall the ambience
> around without focusing so much on distant sources.
> >
> > Here's when I decide to try a parabola.
> >
> > Question 1:
> > Will you advice buying myself a prepared parabola / mount /
> handle like the Telinga one, as I suspect? :)
> > Or are there other choices / brands? cheaper? :)
> > (i just found Telinga, professionally)
> > I know the umbrella/wok thing :) but is it worth it?
> >
> > Question 2:
> > Is the parabola approach designed to be used with JUST omni mics?
> > Are other caption patterns allowed, or is it senseless to use
> directional mics here?
> >
> > Question 3:
> > Aware of how a smaller mic will be attached to a parabola in much
> an easier way than a shotgun mic...
> > Is it possible to use the parabola approach with shotgun mics
> like mine (sennh mkh 416) pointing towards the center of dish?
> >
> > (<- ((((source)
> >
> > Does this enhance directivity for a shotgun?
> >
> > Question 4:
> > Has anyone ever tried to use a shotgun like mine with a parabola
> behind it, both pointing in same direction?
> > (opposite way, unlike small/lavalier mics pointing to center of dish)
> >
> > (-> (((((source)
> >
> > Will this improve results of a shotgun? What do you believe this
> experiment will cause? -if it has any sense-
> >
> > Sorry for so many questions at first ...
> >
> > I can't wait for reading experts points of view about this...
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> > Dani Satu=E9
> > www.dsldiesel.es
> >
>
>
>
>
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