I had a look at the link. Most bird watchers want to focus-record an individual bird song sometimes out of many background songs. A dawn Chorus is all the birds in the area - not just a single bird. As Hamit suggests a stereo mike might be more likely to do this successfully.
PS: last time I heard Andy was living in rural Scotland, so maybe not a big garden, but a lot of habitat. I know birds are territorial, but they tend to sing from adjoining gardens to, and I'm sure Andy isn't so possessive he only wants the birds singing in just his garden alone. You'll find a dawn chorus is just as big weather heard from a small garden or an estate for that very reason. 😉 John -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Georgina Joyce Sent: 12 May 2020 14:41 To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Microphones for Zoom 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 (#3137): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3137 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] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
