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eception. Without the HRTF reception ability, the recorded sounds loose coherency and the our ability to hear them clearly upon
playback as we did live. The many sounds and reflections of those sounds within normal rooms makes the using of a coherent
microphone method essential for getting consistently useful and 'natural listening' stereo recordings.
A very, very few ambient stereo microphones, while not replicating very much of the HRTF mechanism, do indeed accomplish
ambient stereo in a more or less successful manner. The Soundfield mic is an excellent quality microphone for recording a live sound
in normally encountered ambient spaces, but it's quite large, not easy to use, and very, very expensive.
The Crown SASS line of microphones are far more practical in being not quite as large (or effective), but a small fraction of the
Soundfield cost and are generally far easier to use.
Both these mentioned microphones do not replicate the needed HRTF reception mechanism and require a microphone stand with
fairly good room placement or positioning. The main drawback to these two choices (if cost, ease of use, size, and need to set up a mic
stand in a good position is not discouraging) is they do not record ambient stereo in a "coherent enough" manner or exactly replicate
in recordings as we would hear sound; also, their performance is not very consistent depending on many factors that're best left to the
experienced amatuers-professionals to figure out a way to get the most from these type mics.
SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM: My company's HRTF baffled or (in your case) 'personally headworn stereo microphone' solves all
the HRTF reception, cost, need for a stand, and ease of use shortcomings found in any of the other choices for ambient stereo
recording. Low cost, personally worn, and most consistent performance are just some of the features many professionals and
amateurs are now enjoying with DSM ambient stereo microphones. It just couldn't be any easier or simpler to record exactly what
you're hearing live.
See my web site for a most informative experience of this microphone, it's present uses and users, magazine reviews, model
specifications, and EFX/Music/Nature DSM recorded .MP3 sound clip files.
NEXT is your choice of deck. Portable DAT or MD are a natural choice as they are affordable (MD is downright cheap to buy) and
they have the needed mic preamplifiers included; home AC powered decks now rarely have mic preamplifiers included since most
people stopped doing their own recordings some time ago.
Two Suggested Models:
DAT .............. Sony PCM-M1 ..... records up to 6 hours (in low quality stereo, but good for speech) per tape/lithium battery (disposable
type) ....... moderately expensive to buy ($700-$800), but tape media is the lowest.
MiniDisc ............ Sharp MD-MS722 ........ uncommon for having full 'real time' manual recording level set operation ..... Robust slot
loading design ..... 74 minutes stereo per disc/ 11 hours recording per Lithium rechargeable + external (1) AA battery ........... cheap to
buy, but medial cost is up to 5 times that of DAT tape for the same (speech) recording time
Call or E-Mail me with additional questions.
Regards in Sound & Music Recording,
Leonard Lombardo
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