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Omni or directional mics for outdoor recording? No contest. An omni mic designed for outdoor use will be much less prone to wind noice than a cardioid. Hence my selection of the RE50. Additionally, the business part of the mic is enclosed in a handholdable casing. While a cardioid may function adequately on a windless day, the right omni will take wind gusts of 10-15 mph in its stride. David Lewiston ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewiston" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: April 18, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] portable sound recording devices > Thanks, Steve > > I didn't realise the vulnerability of condenser mics until I had a > terrible time in Jammu. Nearly all the recordings (male "singers" who > shouted at the tops of their lungs) yielded vilely distorted recordings. > > My good friend Nishi Nakra in Delhi -- to my way of thinking, the best > loudspeaker designer in India, thought it was the "capsules bottoming." > But when I discussed the problem with Klaus Heyne, the microphone maestro, > he opined that it was the FETs that caused the problem. So I paid his not > inconsiderable fee to have the mics (KM84s) Klaused. > > I use three basic setups in the field: Mid-Side, with a KM84 and a > Sennheiser MKH30 configured in a Rycote windscreen, for street recording, > and also small combos indoors; a pair of crossed KM84s to record Tibetan > rituals, with the mics set up at the shrine end of the temple; and a > spaced pair of RE50s--I've made amazing good recordings with the latter, > in fact, they're the only mics I use in Bali, where I also insist on > recording outdoors. The current crop of DAWs (I use Samplitude) make it a > snap to turn Mid-Side originals into regular stereo. > > Salutations, David L > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Smolian" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: April 18, 2006 4:44 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] portable sound recording devices > > >> If this is the David Lewiston who made the Explorer Series for Nonesuch, >> etc., he has more experience than all of us combined in recording folk >> instruments and groups under all kinds of circumstances. I've admired >> his skillful work from the git-go. >> >> Steve Smolian >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] portable sound recording devices >> >> >>> At 09:34 PM 4/18/2006, David Lewiston wrote: >>>>When recording such a loud instrument, the mic should not be too close >>>>to it. For pipes & shawms I prefer not to place the mics closer than 20 >>>>feet. Because such loud instruments are intended to be heard out of >>>>doors, that's where I record them. >>>> >>>>If a condenser mic mic is too close to such a loud instrument, it may >>>>well overload diaphragm and/or the FET. I've run into this sort of >>>>problem. >>>> >>>>For such an application I would leave the Neumann condensers in the >>>>carrying bag, choosing instead a dynamic omni such as the EV RE 50, >>>>which is very well behaved. >>> >>> I don't disagree with the advice but the mic preamp may be what is >>> overloaded, not the mic itself. >>> >>> Do bagpipes really get up to 120 dB SPL where you would mic them? The >>> Audio Technica AT-822 that I suggested as a good buy will generate 1% >>> THD at 1 kHz at 125 dB SPL. >>> >>> At that point, the mic will be putting out over half a volt AC. >>> >>> If indeed the bagpipe is putting out in excess of 120 dB SPL, then the >>> musician needs to seriously worry about hearing protection. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> Tape Restoration Seminar: MAY 9-12, 2006; details at Web site. >>> Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] >>> Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX >>> Detailed contact information: >>> http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/316 - Release Date: 4/17/2006 >>> >>>