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Re: Tascam DR-100 MKII (with Rode NTG2) records at extremely low vol

Subject: Re: Tascam DR-100 MKII (with Rode NTG2) records at extremely low vol
From: "Admin Australian Nature Sounds" eric=
.fassbender
Date: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:34 pm ((PDT))

As I said, I am pretty happy with the combination of PMD661 and matched Rod=
e NT5's noise-wise. Not sure how they compare with the NTG2, though. Feel f=
ree to have a listen to the results of this combination on any of the below=
 platforms if you want (details below).

Probably the best examples are 'Birds of the North Australian Tropical Rain=
forest' and 'Journey to the Top End'. The others are too focused on water s=
ounds or in the case of the album 'Journey to Australia - Vol.1' recorded w=
ith different gear so not representative of the PMD661/NT5 combo.
Another good example might be the sound samples that I recorded for Windson=
g Chimes. The samples on their website (www.windsongchimes.com.au).) will g=
ive you a pretty good impression of the results you're likely to get as I'v=
e recorded them at home so there are very few external sounds (e.g. wind in=
 distant trees that you may find in a lot of nature recordings). I even too=
k the batteries out of a clock and stopped the fridge during recordings ;)

The only problem that I find with the NT5's is that they are very sensitive=
 to wind, so I have to use them with a blimp and windjammer even in the sli=
ghtest of breezes. That obviously muffles the sounds a bit but in this pric=
e bracket I think it is still a very good combination.

Cheers,

Eric

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t this, ok!


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On 11/03/2013, at 10:23 AM, rock_scallop <> wrot=
e:

> Well, the DR-100MK11 does not score very high noise-wise on Raimund's com=
parison chart. The PMD661 looks significantly better there. However, given =
the specs of the NTG2 with an equivalent noise figure of 18dB is a little n=
oisy for recording quiet settings, you might not see much of a benefit goin=
g to the PMD661 - then again it might be a perfect match. Let us know how i=
t works out.
>
> John Hartog
> rockscallop.org
>
> --- In  Jelmer Poelstra <jelmerpoelstra@=
...> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:32 PM, rock_scallop
> > <>wrote:
> >
> > > A question might be, given the low gain and permanent limiter, is the
> > > input noise quiet enough that it still performs well when recordings =
are
> > > boosted in post production?
> > >
> > Unfortunately, it isn't quiet enough. I guess I could do some more form=
al
> > comparisons, but it's been all too obvious from yesterday's field
> > recordings that after the necessary amplification (at least +10dB), (1)=
 the
> > noise profile looks mostly like white noise instead of the natural/norm=
al
> > profile strongly biased to lower frequencies (pink-ish noise). and (2) =
the
> > signal-to-noise ratio is much lower than what I'm used to with the Sony=
.
> >
> > After some subsequent "noise reduction" in Audition using white noise
> > profiles, some of the recordings have eventually turned out ok-ish. How=
ever
> > I don't like to do that too much and the decrease in quality from the S=
ony
> > is still dramatic -- my idea was to, if anything, upgrade, not downgrad=
e...
> >
> > Thanks for the responses so far. My next move after getting some more i=
nfo
> > will indeed be to try and return this one, and probably get a Marantz
> > PMD661 instead. Will post again if interesting things happen.
> >
> > Best, Jelmer
> >
> >
> >
>
>










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