Do the MX-391's run on plug in power? Guess not..?
Cause I cannot imagine that a 183 would give the same low noise
floor, naked and single, so I presume there must be a mic amplifier
inside the mesh, doing some EQ, bringing down the noise floor a couple of d=
b??
I listened, of course, with great curiosity to your rig in the
parabol, but I think I need a video to it to understand what is happening.
Klas
At 00:56 2012-03-31, you wrote:
>Hi Curt and Klas
>
>Thanks for your useful comments.
>
>In 2006/7 I was tempted to buy a pair of WL183s after reading
>encouraging posts here regarding their use. I was put off because
>of their high retail price in the UK and invested in some Rode mics
>instead. I eventually bought a pair of AT3032s when they were being
>sold off cheaply prior to being discontinued.
>
>You can imagine my delight at being able to get the MX391s via the
>ebay offer. I am extremely pleased with them.
>
>At the end of February this year I was able to test out the MX391s
>in what can only be described as a "robust soundscape". I visited
>my Daughter and her family in Elmshausen, S.W. Germany. Elmshausen
>is a small village in the Oldenwald about halfway between Frankfurt
>and Heidelburg. It is situated in a hollow surrounded by steep,
>wooded hills. From earlier visits I new the area was good for
>woodpeckers of both the spotted and green type so I planned to
>record them on this trip.
>
>Because I was travelling by air this was a good opportunity to field
>test the newly constructed lightweight head spaced boundary, fitted
>with MX391s feeding the Olympus LS-10. Photos of the rig are in this albu=
m
>
>https://picasaweb.google.com/G0SBW.PM/MX391MicRig?authuser=3D0&feat=3Ddire=
ctlink
>
>I walked up a nearby hill into the wood and set up the boundary rig
>on a lightweight tripod and waited for my woodpeckers. It was quite
>a wait and there was not a lot of action. I walked back to the rig
>and as I got there a woodpecker started drumming above and just to
>the left of the mics.
>
>http://soundcloud.com/g0sbw/tripod-woodpeckers
>
>This made it all worth while despite the background noise which was
>intrusive all the time. I think the hills surrounding the village
>amplified the noise of the busy B47 road, which runs through the
>village, buzz saws in the woods and aircraft going to and from
>Frankfurt, as well as the sound of children in the kindergarten and
>the matins bells from the other villages in the area. Hence my
>comment about the "robust soundscape".
>
>During the visit I also took the opportunity of trying out the
>boundary rig in "tree ears" configuration. Again the noise problem was th=
ere.
>
>At one point during the tree ears recording I was bending over, with
>my back to the track through the woods, using headphones to monitor
>the recording and was astonished by what I monitored. To use a Star
>Trek phrase "Its a bird's song, but not as we know it, Jim".
>
>http://soundcloud.com/g0sbw/a-birds-song-but-not-as-we
>
>Apologies for that - but it is close to April 1:-) and it does
>nicely demonstrate the stereo capability of the MX391/boundary set
>up. The last four photos in the above web album show the tree ears
>configuration.
>
>As I was packing up the gear at this site the ruggedness of the
>MX391s was demonstrated. The tree on which the rig was suspended
>was at the top of a 2 metre bank at the side of the woodland
>track. As I was scrambling down the bank I managed to slip and
>landed on top of the bag holding the boundary rig etc. I managed to
>bend the boundary (easily fixed with brute strength and glue) but
>the 391s were not even scratched.
>
>
>Cheers, TomR
>
>
>
>
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>
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>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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