I agree with David. As long as you don't turn up the gain, it's
great!. The stereo picture is very enjoyable! I also want to thank
you for leaving the file as it is, with rumble and all. I had no
problems accepting the car behind the chiff-chaff and the bypassing
propeller plane made it possible to study the low-freq. stereo picture.
Criticism? I have heard Neumann-head files sounding more "luxurious"
but that is a totally different story.
Klas.
At 03:44 2014-05-27, you wrote:
> > And that's the thing, I was "planning" on recording a thunder
> storm, so I set everything very low. There was no thunder storm so
> I took the kit home thinking I had nothing to show for the effort and ris=
k.
> >
>
> > On the computer, the recording was very low. I tried giving it
> all a 20dB lift. To my surprise it came to life quite well.
> Luckily, I'd used 24bit (44.1k). I don't always do that. My
> computer struggles with high data rate files and I get frustrated
> too much with the jobs of topping and tailing and finishing things.
> >
>
> > So, here it is. Please be gentle with me :)
>
>Norman,
>
>Its in the early hours but I thought I had to have a listen. It's a huge
>file so I've only listened to the first 5 minutes. I'm going to break it
>into sections before I listen to more.
>
>It's not good, it's excellent. I'm often a bit dubious about dummy heads,
>but this one worked well.
>
>Technical stuff first. I always advocate recording low as you can't undo
>overloads and sounds hitting the digital limiter. Minus 20 is often OK eve=
n
>with 16 bits, but try it for yourself. That's the magic of digital. As lon=
g
>as you see the level meter moving a bit, you can bring it up later.
>Experiment to see how low you can record and get it back later without
>attracting added gravel.
>
>My other regular nag on this list is to try putting the mic rig on the
>ground but you have done this already. Many recordists are fixated on mic
>stands, but they are for performers. There are exceptions, but I always tr=
y
>the ground first.
>
>Mic hiss can't be avoided, but I can give tips on reducing this (I use
>Audacity)
>
>I usually record with a bass roll-off. If you want deep bass later, you ca=
n
>equalise it back with no loss, but if you get wind or other bass
>interference, it can overload, even when recording low, and bass overloads
>are disastrous.
>
>Now for the bird music. As it was a dummy head recording, I've only listen=
ed
>on headphones so far, but the meters show there is good volume stereo as
>well as time difference stereo. When it works, a dummy head gives you both
>worlds.
>
>There are close birds and distant birds and everything in between. There i=
s
>a good wildlife ambience, presumably from trees and depth of distance whic=
h
>I have been mouldering on about lately, from close wings to distant countr=
y
>sounds.
>
>I fuss around with crossed Sennheiser gunmics but if you can get this with=
a
>dummy head, I'm overdoing it. :-)
>
>Want more.
>
>David Brinicombe
>
>
>
>
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