Re: Settings on Olympus LS-12 with AT2022 to minimize noise

["Peter Shute" pshute2]

I agree. Many sites that offer any kind of comparison between recorders usu=
ally get out of date and stay out of date. =0D
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> Raimund, slightly offtopic, by this I would love to thank you =0D
> for this wonderful list! =0D
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> I share it every time someone asks me about which recorder to =0D
> buy. It's awesome that you're able to update it too. =0D
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> Thanks again, =0D
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> Jonas =0D
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> homepage <http://jonasgru.sk>  =0D
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> On 23 Apr 2015, at 17:06,  =0D
> [naturerecordists] wrote: =0D
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>               The actual impedance of a mic can vary from a =0D
> few ohms to a few Kohms and =0D
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>               this can swing the overall signal/noise levels =0D
> quite widely. For optimum =0D
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>               settings on a particular rig, in a particular =0D
> location, the only answer =0D
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>               comes from a experimental set of levels by =0D
> judging using ears. =0D
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>       Sure, but considering the large number of options =0D
> available today, it is nearly impossible to test all =0D
> potential combinations of microphones and recorders in an =0D
> objective way by ear. So, it should help to have some =0D
> objective measurements at well-defined conditions. =0D
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>       I also believe that the ears alone are not always the =0D
> best tool for evaluating the equipment. The problem here is =0D
> that one will need some kind of absolute reference in order =0D
> to compensate for the different microphone sensitivities and =0D
> recorder gain settings. A very experienced audio engineer =0D
> might be able to do that quite well, but others may to end up =0D
> with inaccurate results. =0D
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>       I remember folks stating the Tascam HD-P2 had noisy =0D
> preamps, which was obviously based on judging using ears. =0D
> This was one of the reasons why I started the Microphone =0D
> Input Noise Comparison list 10 years ago... =0D
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>       Regards, =0D
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>       Raimund =0D
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> =0D
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