Re: setting up two Sennheiser ME66 for stereo recording

["Scott Fraser" scottbfraser]

<<  I seemed to haveproblems with highway noise even when I had the microph=
ones pointing away fromthe highway. >>

At distance, sound is diffuse, meaning it's not really arriving directional=
ly, like a flashlight beam. It's all around you, so if you can hear the noi=
se pollution, your mics will pick it up. The only solution is to get far en=
ough away, & hopefully with a hill between you & the source of unwanted noi=
se. Directional mics help a very small amount, but if you can hear it, it's=
 going to be on your recording. And a high pass filter will help a little b=
it, but traffic noise is fairly broadband, extending well into the range of=
 nature sounds we need to preserve unfiltered. So filtering is a crutch whi=
ch only helps a bit, & can easily harm a recording.
SF