Yes David, shotguns definitely have their place. Your recordings are enjoya=
ble and well done. Typically shotguns are used for work less than 20 feet a=
way. Yes, they have a flat frequency response but no gain. Our Professional=
parabolic mics have 14dB of gain at 1kHz, 25dB at 4kHz. In the range of mo=
st bird sounds 1-10Khz, the gain is from 14-30dB of free acoustical gain. O=
ur Pro units do not have the typical frequency response dip from 500-1kHz a=
s with traditional parabolic mounting setups, but a linear increase from 20=
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Subject: If you want a flatter frequency response, you could post edit taking i=
nto account the frequency of the subject and atmospheric attenuation at a g=
iven distance to the subject. You should be post editing and adding gain to=
account for atmospheric attenuation for all distant recordings, which will=
be adding noise if you aren't using a parabolic dish. Signal to noise rati=
o and subject isolation are key, while you can record birds from a further =
distance with other microphones, the results will be inferior. If you want =
to make a comparison, with a parabolic dish, I have recorded birds, in quie=
t surroundings, from 100-140 meters with a resulting signal to noise ratio =
of greater than 50dB which sounded to my ears as if the bird was 7 meters a=
way. If given the choice between a parabolic microphone and a shotgun for s=
ingle subject nature recording, I would choose to use a parabolic, which is=
why I developed a parabolic microphone and not a shotgun microphone.=0D
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Sincerely,=0D
Bruce Rutkoski=0D
Owner=0D
http://www.wildtronics.com http://www.wildtronics.com=0D
professional parabolic microphones
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