I just read the comment by Arytopia suggesting the hiss is "air passing over
the tree". I assume this means the tree the recorder was clamped to, and that's
definitely something I hadn't thought of. Very silly of me to try that - it
wasn't the trunk of a large tree, but a low branch, so there were leaves all
around the recorder.
But I still feel the hiss is too constant. I'd be glad to discover that the
hiss isn't as bad as I thought. All the other recordings I made had some kind
of masking sounds - buzzing flies, a nearby stream, etc - so I just don't have
anything else to compare it to.
I'm in danger of hijacking your thread by presenting my own problems. I'll
leave it to others to answer your question about the suitability of this
recorder now, I can't say.
Peter Shute
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Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Sony PCM-M10 vs Zoom H4n best for outdoors /
capturing frogs in the jungle?
I really can't remember if it was windy of not, so if it was it must have been
light. (For some reason, I have notes for every day but that one - I think the
notebook got left behind). I had the wind cover on, I use it whether it's windy
of not. It won't prevent the sound of wind in the trees, of course
I thought the hiss was too constant for wind in the trees though.
I can't test it now because it's just too noisy where I live. I tried to record
some silence to use as a sample for the noise removal function in Audacity, but
even with the recorder sandwiched between two thick cushions with a blanket
over them, I got even more noise than on that recording.
Perhaps it's a combination of mic hiss and trees.
I hear barely any hiss at all from recordings made just before and after with
my ME66, but perhaps being directional it blocked most of it out.
Peter Shute
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