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Date: Sat Jun 9, 2018 8:03 am ((PDT))
You could take a look at the Sennheiser MKH418-S, which is a MKH416 shotgun=
with an added figure-of-eight mike added. As it=92s in the MKH family and =
is for news teams it ought to reasonably weatherproof, though I=92ve never =
tested any of my mikes in high humidity.
Thanks
Nick
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> On 9 Jun 2018, at 13:00, Guilherme Martins [na=
turerecordists] <> wrote:
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> Thanks for sharing a little of your experience Flawn, I can imagine how t=
he Native American drum circle would sound on that microphone.
> I feel really happy, and relieved to know that USM 69 can be used on outd=
oors, now I just need to find a proper blimp, since the microphone diameter=
is 48mm and it doesn't seem to fit in any of mine.
>
> About humidity, we have many different biomas here in Brazil and some of =
them, such as the rainforest and the tropical forest, are really too humid =
for a Neumann. Once I tried the Amazon forest with a KM 185, and all I got =
was sounds that seemed to come from outer space, with all those clicks and =
pops. I could manage to put the microphone in front of a hot lamp for some =
hours, than the problem was gone and just came back after a few minutes. Th=
e Sennheisers, on the other hand, stood still and could make it through the=
damp. The Sanken CMS-7s also seems to bee resistant to the humidity. My go=
al with the USM 69 is to record some quiet soundscapes in the center of Bra=
zil, where I live. It's a very dry region most of the year, with lots of ri=
vers but very low air humidity, so I guess I will not have problems with th=
at.
>
> I was just wondering how the stereo image on a large diaphragm microphone=
would sound outdoors. I mean, I have recorded many musical instruments and=
vocalists with LDCs, but for field recording we almost always use small di=
aphragms, right? I read somewhere around the internet that a microphone lik=
e USM 69 is suited for music, while the RSM 191 is better for field recordi=
ng. But if we think about nature as an orchestra, I guess we can record it =
as music.
>
> Cheers,
> Guile.
>
>
>
> Em s=E1bado, 9 de junho de 2018 00:15:53 BRT, Flawn Williams =
om [naturerecordists] <> escreveu:
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> In my time at National Public Radio in the US I know we used an SM69 for =
some outdoor stereo documentary work, including Native American drum circle=
s and rodeo ambiances, as well as a lot of indoor concert work. Some was do=
ne in XY stereo and some was done in Mid-Side.
>
>
> In Brazil, I=92d want to know how humid the recording locations would be.=
The Neumann may not fare very well in high humidity situations. I tried to=
do recordings in lowland Bolivia, just across the border from western Braz=
il, with a Neumann RSM190, and it failed with lots of pops and clicks due t=
o the humidity. But our Sennheiser MKH30, 40, and 50 mics handled those sam=
e conditions just fine.
>
> =97Flawn
>
>> On Jun 8, 2018, at 10:08 PM, wrote:
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>> ________________________________________________________________________
>> 1. Neumann USM 69i on field recording?
>> Posted by: "Guilherme Martins" guile_marti=
ns
>> Date: Fri Jun 8, 2018 11:22 am ((PDT))
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>> Hello people,I am a Brazilian field recordist and this is my first conve=
rsation in this group.I use a Sanken CMS 7S, an m/s microphone, for most of=
my recordings. Now I would like to try the Neumann USM 69i, due to its low=
self noise. Has anyone here ever tried this microphone on field recordings=
?Cheers,Guile
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