Hi Peter,
I for one would gladly take a listen, if only to better understand the limi=
tations of the PCM-M10 internal mics.
John Hartog
rockscallop.org
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> I can't hear frequencies that high, so I'm going off the Audacity analysi=
s of the "hiss only" recording. Would it help if I posted that on Soundclou=
d?
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> Peter Shute
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oom H4n best for outdoor
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> I am noticing though this discussion a disconnect in the understood meani=
ng of "hiss."
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> Peter mentioned on his Soundcloud example, the hiss he was concerned with=
was mostly below 5kHz. To my own ears the problematic microphone hiss nois=
e in that recording was most prominent from 8 to 10 kHz.
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> Even if it is clear that hiss refers to the "s" sound as heard in the wor=
d "hiss", that sound may fall into different frequency ranges depending on =
the frequency response of hearing of the individual listener. For this reas=
on, when discussing specific cases it may be helpful to describe important =
frequencies or frequency ranges using frequency numbers rather than only su=
bjective terms like "hiss" or "high frequency."
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> My method of identifying the range of problematic noise in a recording of=
ten involves a combination of looking at the recording as a spectrogram, an=
d listening while sweeping through frequency ranges using a parametric equa=
lizer.
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> John Hartog
> rockscallop.org
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