Hello John, They don’t cut out sharply it’s usually shown as a heart shape tapering down to the point. Obviously, Andy has done some research and his post caused me to do so as I use a shotgun in the booth. Andy did not want ambient sound. He wanted to record bird song from his garden. Unless he lives in a huge estate it is not going to be that wide of a field. I found that bird watchers use a shotgun mic although this is with a camera. Even professional sound recordist uses a shotgun. See this:
https://www.audubon.org/news/a-beginners-guide-recording-bird-vocalizations Regards, > On 12 May 2020, at 14:20, John Gurd via groups.io > <j.gurd=ntlworld....@groups.io> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > Gena Call: M0EBP DMR ID: 2346259 Loc: IO83PS 73 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3135): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3135 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] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
