Thanks John! I now have a much better understanding of this. Even
the 1-point stereo mic I bought for the DAT was only 12 mV/Pa.
My reason for wanting to know, is that a recording I made back in 1990
in Central Australia of a lone dingo howling, has been selected by
Australia's National Film and Sound Archive as one of the top ten
sound clips for 2014 that have recently been added to their
collection. It is the only wildlife sound recording to reach the top
12, other clips are pop songs from yesteryear e.g. Great Southern
Land, and a wartime recording of soldiers singing.
My recording is all the more remarkable then, if made with a baffled
pair of 3 mV/Pa mics! While there is a bit of tape hiss, it is a very
clear recording and very evocative. The dingo was about 50 metres
from me, or less.
Vicki
On 21/11/2014, at 1:36 PM, John Crockett
[naturerecordists] wrote:
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> Just to complete the connecting of dots of this helpful explanation,
> I believe that means the sensitivity of the ME9 is only 3.16 mV/Pa
> compared to 38 mV/Pa for the EM172.
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> Thanks, Eric.
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> On Nov 20, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Eric Benjamin
> [naturerecordists] wrote:
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>> So the sensitivity of the Olympus me9 is probably -50 dBV/Pa. A
>> very low sensitivity by more modern standards.
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