robin, thank you for a thorough explanation. the photos oriented me as I th=
ought we were listening from the point of "view" of the 1st photo, thus, in=
the OPEN wind!
whatever the level of disturbance in your recording, the technique and edit=
accomplished your goal. while listening I was absorbed in the layering of =
the sound which was environmentally present. I hardly noticed aberrations d=
ue to recording.
without awareness of context, the recording would feel like an illusion. Th=
at's not to say I would want to stand in that environment. the sound felt e=
dgy without intention, a nice change from electronic introduction of sound.=
thank you for the information. I've sent an email to "wind cutters" and wil=
l follow up definition of terms.
IMO using a baffle under similar conditions would make a nice sound diptych=
.
lily (sh-b)
On Jan 24, 2013, at 4:29 PM, "Robin" <> wrote:
> sandy hall-behrens wrote:
>
> > robin, what sort of wind covering did you
> > use to record the wind such little if any mic disturbance?
>
> I think there is still a fair bit of disturbance in that recording. The p=
oint I was trying to make was that this actually is desirable IMO since it =
adds context. The whistling/fluting of the metal structure is best understo=
od in relationship to the wind.
>
> Here is a photo of the recording setup:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rparmar/6774553512/
>
> Over each AT3032 is the original foam cover and then the "WindTech Standa=
rd WindCutter" from www.thewindcutter.com. I also bought the higher grade (=
?) StormChaser line for my ME66.
>
> Note that I have used the structure itself to block some of the direct ai=
r pressure on the mics. I also got the caps darned close to the part of the=
structure doing the singing.
>
> As an aside, I note that it might be better (in terms of soundstage) to h=
ave a baffle between the omni mics. Though I tend to like the results even =
without.
>
> As David Brinicombe noted:
>
> "You can often avoid "blocking off" or LF overload, by recording at a
> low level. What a windshield does for you is to let you operate at
> useful MF gain levels without low frequency overloads."
>
> I found it rather tricky to set levels on this occasion, since the gusts =
resulted in significant SPL increases. But it would have been impossible wi=
thout the fluffies. I was able to get a decent recording and EQ out the exc=
ess low end, which at least had not overloaded the caps or preamp.
>
> I have no doubt a blimp would have done an even better job, but one large=
enough to house this particular spaced mic setup would be far too big for =
me to haul up a hill in the rain and muck. One day when I'm rich I'll sort =
all that out! In the meantime 30 bucks per mic can work wonders. Try it for=
yourself.
>
> Ref recording:
> https://soundcloud.com/robinparmar/moytura-wind-song
>
> -- Robin Parmar
>
>
>
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