>From what I've read a shot-gun mike is so directional that even being >off-target a little will result in poor quality sound. I doubt it would be the >best for ambient recordings.
John -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Georgina Joyce Sent: 11 May 2020 14:16 To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Microphones for Zoom Hello Andy, It is down to you and how much you want to spend. I follow the Booth Junky who uses a shotgun microphone a lot. He uses the Sennheiser MKH-416. I haven’t been able to afford one of those but I do have the MKH-166 which I purchased used from eBay. I absolutely love it and is my mic of choice. I think that would really do the job. Regards, > On 11 May 2020, at 13:25, Andy via groups.io > <meikle.aiden=btinternet....@groups.io> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I've got both the Zoom H6 and the F8n, but the only microphones I have are > the 2 clip on ones that I origionally got with the H6. > > I'm wanting to record the Dawn Chorus in my garden but don't have a clue as > to which microphone , or best type, to buy and where to buy it. > > I think I need a directional Shot-gun microphone with a large Dead-Cat > windscreen, and also about 3 meters of cable with the appropriate XLR plugs. > > Can anyone please give me some advice. > > Also, My Zoom H6 is playing up. I think I've changed an inportant option > within the menues. I tried recording bird calls and the recording was > extremely poor. Is there perhaps a function within the H6 that Re-sets the > device back to factory settings. > > I hope you are all okay and enjoying this period of noise pelution silence to > get very nice recordings. If so I'd love to here some samples. > > Very best wishes and please take care of yourselves. > > Andy Logue from Scotland. > > > > > > > Gena Call: M0EBP DMR ID: 2346259 Loc: IO83PS 73 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3131): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3131 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/74134256/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
