Hi David,
I get it now what you mean by fetch. But I think stereo soundscapes
using a variety of techniques can surpass the the fetch of your gun mics. That
is just my opinion based on my own experiences using Rode NT1A mics for stereo
soundscapes. David, you would probably call it reach instead of fetch, but the
stereo image allows for separation between individual sound objects so this
allows for a superior perceived fetch in many cases as long as you know what
you are listening for.
John Hartog
rockscallop.org
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> > A highly directional mic may isolate a specific subject better in
> > certain circumstances, but I do not see how that effects comparable
> > perceived distances.
>
> John,
>
> My long Sennheisers have similar noise specs to the short ones, and
> are among the quietist of mics, but I wasn't talking technical.
>
> Whether it is picking up one voice in a crowd, or an actor on location
> before the era of good radio mics, or a busker in the street, vox
> pops, a distant brass band, or even picking out one bird in a woodland
> full of yelling passerines and reverb, the "fetch" of a mic is all
> important.
>
> A parabola picks out a single object better than any gunmic and brings
> in bird calls close and clean and has the best fetch. I knew a
> wildlife recordist who had a wheel on his parabola so he could use it
> as a wheelbarrow, but it was still worth lugging about. Thanke to
> Telinga, we can now have portable parabolas.
>
> With an MKH-816 I can select what is in its narrowish pickup angle,
> and it is the way the object then sounds "closer" over the general
> hubbub, which is the "fetch". My woodpecker 60 metres away (200
> feet) would have sounded very distant if I had been using cardioids
> instead of MKH-416 gunmics. It is the equivalent of a 100mm lens lens
> over a fisheye.
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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