Questions tagged [field-recording]
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Sound Devices recorder 722: media issue
I have a 722 recorder purchased 3 years ago that I have not used much. I was playing with the settings to get it back in the field when suddenly the "media" led (the one for the internal HD) went ...
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Mid Side recording “Invert the Phase” - “Invert” is ghosted in Audition
In Adobe Audition I'm following a YouTube tutorial trying to understand how to record and then manually process a “Mid Side” boom mic test recording.
So when I convert it to mono it gives me two ...
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How to Record Snowmobile Audio (Equipment and Methods)
The company that I work for wants me to be able to record as close to true to life audio of our snowmobiles as we can for as low budget that I can manage (low budget meaning under $200 for the audio ...
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I have a sound project. For blind children ages 3-10 years to consult
I have a project for blind children 3-10 years old.
This project is about listening.
Because I have to provide information on various listening environment or other.
For example
As the blind child is ...
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What type of microphone is best suited for recording ambient sounds?
I've seen countless examples of recordings of an environment that are supposed to help you fall asleep.
Examples: Train ride or Heavy Thunderstorm
I am wondering, what is the best kind of microphone ...
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8 channel pass through on Behringer XAir XR18
I am trying to use a Behringer XR18 as a passthrough for recording and live sound.
I want route 8 channels from the 8 inputs to 8 outputs for the sound guy while recording 8 channels to Reaper ...
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My first field mic. [closed]
I'm in the market for a quality shotgun mic for field recording, foley, ADR, etc.... Budget: less than $1,200. I really like the Sennheiser MKH 416, but haven't had a chance to try many others. I ...
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What bag do you use for your field recorder?
When I bought my Sound Devices 722 I also bought a purpose built Camrade bag for it:
http://www.camrade.com/products-page/audio/other/ab-sd-01
which seems good in terms of being waterproof, but I'm ...
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Small budget solution for portable recording
Before I start I have to admit: I am far, far away from being a pro - in fact, I am not even making sounds/music for a living. It´s what I love to do in my leisure time and that´s why my budget is a ...
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Tripods/Grips for Handheld Recorders
Does anyone have some suggestions for a small and portable tripod or grip for a basic handheld field recorder with tripod mount?
I'm mainly looking for something that will help reduce handling noise.....
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Recording experiments at 192kHz: what to record?
In the near future I'll be renting out a Sound Devices 702 in order to experiment with recording various sounds at 192kHz - and I'd like some suggestions on what will yield the most interesting and ...
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how to record waterfalls
I am new to audio recording. I need a natural sounding waterfall flowing throughout a gorge for this picture >>> https://hajes.org/hajes_org/i-expo/2019-02-16_scotland/mark.htm
After recording ...
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Portable Mic Preamp… Suggestions?
I am in the market for a portable, battery-powered microphone preamp for my shotgun. My Zoom H4n portable recorder does not seem to be driving my Rode NT2-A well enough, I would like to give it more ...
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Mics in a field recording array -techie acoustics question
I'm new to field recording, and about to build and experiment with a "winged barrier array" for various, mostly urban, front-focused (as opposed to omni) ambiences.
I guess it's a boundary type ...
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What is the best microphone type for recording natural outdoor sounds?
I am currently working on a game, and I wanted to take on the challenge to record the sounds myself. I will need a lot of outdoor natural sounds, like flowing water, trees in wind or footsteps on dirt....
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Has anyone used the Core Sound Mic2496?
My current setup is not as portable as I would like. I'm looking to put together a very portable kit for field recording. However, I'd rather not compromise too much on quality for portability.
I'm ...
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How to power an outdoor DJ Set?
I occasionally see videos of outdoor DJ sets is places that look like they are far from any standard power source. There are many on YouTube but here is an example:
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Microphone technology for noisy environment
I am looking for a microphone that would allow me to record my voice in a noisy place where I can't control the environment. Think recording your voice while cycling in a big city as a voice over for ...
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Fostex FM3 Field Mixer
Hi,
Does anyone have any experience with this mixer that can share the pros and cons of recording with it? (preamps, noise and other features...)
I'm thinking of buying one field mixer and there are ...
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Field recording with a Zoom H6?
I'm doing more and more field recordings recently, starting to really like it, and I want to know more of it. Is there someone who using a Zoom H6 with its own mics for ambience recording? If so, what ...
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Recording 24hrs of audio in multiple files
I'm looking to record sound for a continuous 24hr period. I'd like the output to be in seamless chunks (of say 10mins) that I can work with easily. Is there any out-of-the box solution that would work?...
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Headphones for field-recording…ultrasone?
Hi everybody! I have to buy my first headphones for field recording. I know that Sony 7506 are absolutely a standard and that if I buy them I'll be OK for the rest of my life. :-)
Before buying the ...
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Field recording databases
Freesound.org seems to be the largest and most reliable source of unprocessed field recordings (with a good share of pitch-shifted monster sounds too). I struggle to find alternatives of comparable ...
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Recording ants: mic recommendations?
I have been recording ants for some time now, using the simplest Korg clip-on mic. I am in search of three things:
A better contact mic that will pick up less environmental/ambient sound.
A contact ...
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How often do you use limiters during field recording?
Most field mixers and portable recorders have basic limiters at least for the stereo output. Stereo linked, no threshold or release, just switch it on or off. When recording vocals I prefer recording ...
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iRig Pre and Huawei P8 Lite 2017 compatibility
I'd like to purchase an iRig Pre XLR microphone interface for recording pre-production ideas out in the field.
I'm wondering if anyone has tried this on a Huawei P8 Lite 2017?
I can see that it's ...
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recording city sounds
I am recording city sounds such as high street ambiance and bus/ tube journeys.
I have a zoom H6 and a choice of XY mic, MS mic and a shot gun. My overall aim is to capture and make 2 to 3 minutes ...
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Converting a 3.5in mic input to line level portably
As I understand it, mic level input and line level input are two different things, with line level input having a much higher power level.
In my case, I'm dealing with an old minidisc recorder that ...
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Who has / uses a single point surround mic?
Often called a surround mic, an ambisonics mic, and a few other names I've heard and can't remember. It's a 4 channel microphone that can be perfectly folded down to mono or out to 10.2, or anywhere ...
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How to make a figure of 8 out of three cardioids
Hi,
I'm making a test setup for MS recording.
The 1st setup is with a figure 8 mic and a cardioid.
The 2nd setup is with a figure 8 mic and a omni.
The 3rd setup would be with 3 cardioids. (2 S ...
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for field recording(nature/wildlife) use Mono or Stereo XRL- NGT2 into Tascam DR-100mkii?
Want to start off on the right foot, i am a beginner when it comes to field recording, more interested in environmental, natural, wildlife sounds as well as construction sites, trains, busy street ...
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How would you design the sound of a submersible propeller?
POST-MORTEM: Using a variety of tools and manipulating them underwater while recording with a 3 different pairs of hydrophones (for a total of 6 different perspectives) yielded truly wonderful results!...
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Stereo wavs unwantedly combined to polyphonic wav
I've recentley recorded some stereo atmos's for a job and I have used sound devices wave agent to add meta data, This caused them to be combined to a polyphonic wav, which still plays as a stereo file ...
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Zoom H5 preamps vs Zoom F4
I have done a lot of research on the F4 and my question is related to the preamps of both devices. I have a H5 and love it, but want to up my game and want to know if the difference between the two is ...
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How to make very long recordings (of bees)
I've been thinking for a while now about trying to make some really long recordings.
I got involved in a film project about honeybees some time ago, and as part of it I would really like to record ...
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Binaural Recordings
Anyone who is doing binaural recordings, what mics/setup are you using (makes & models of mics and for setup: binaural head, in-ear etc.) I'm looking at investing in some and would like to have ...
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What are your favorite in-ear binaural microphones?
What are your favorite in-ear binaural microphones?
There's been some discussion about this earlier here and here, but not exactly in an in-ear or stealth context so I wanted to refresh the ...
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Outdoor recording with TLM 103 microphones
Is there a way to mount two TLM 103 microphones into a blimp?
I'd like to have a compact stereo setup with those two mics, are there any options except two individual stands. I couldn't find ...
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Need help identifying strange flutter distortion.
I was out recording my car last week both for the purposes of scouting a good strip of road and practicing my auto coverage technique. When I got back to the studio I discovered that one of my tracks ...
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MK8+CMC vs CCM8
For now my mic collection is basically limited to a CMIT5, and after I rented a CCM8 to combine an MS with CMIT for a job I fell in love with the sound. So I want to buy one, mostly for booming but ...
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Get mics to line level in the field
I'm new to field recording and I have a 744t, but channels 3&4 have to be line in. So if I want 4 mic channels, let's say Rode NT4 on 1&2 and Line Audio CM3 on 3&4, I need to get the 3&...
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Location Recording Use USB Audio Interface and DAW
On the next day, I will do some location recording for some short movie. I'm planning to use 4 Mic (2 Shotgun and 2 Lav). But the problem is I don't have 4 track Portable Recorder.
I have a shot list ...
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Is it possible to use a M/S microphone as a mono mic?
Is it a normal mono sound you get if you use a M/S stereo mic by only plugging in the left or center? Does it sound like a normal mono shotgun mic?
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What's your sound fx library expectation and needs? [closed]
I am looking for various thematic for next sound library that I will create.
What are the sounds that you almost never found,that you need, or you don't find with significant quality , feeling, ...
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Dialogue Record with Zoom H4N and 2 Shotgun
Next week I'm going to do the dialogue recording of a documentary film. Usually, I record using just one shotgun Mic (NTG 1) and one Handheld (Zoom H4N). But the director says that he has a couple ...
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Tips for Motorbike recording?
Hey guys,
I'll be recording a motorbike at the weekend for the first time and was looking for some tips!
I have a Rode NTG-2 (w/ blimp) and NT1-A, a pair of sontronics STC-1s's and the zoom h4n's ...
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Recording stereo audio on an iPhone using an adapter
I'm looking to have a highly portable setup for binaural field recordings, and since I take my phone everywhere, it would be nice to use my iPhone as a recorder.
It isn't possible to have stereo mic ...
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A Proud Husband
This isn't really a question, just a little bit of a story. You can read on if you like, but it's just a little gush from me...
Three years ago my then not even girlfriend returned to Atlanta from ...
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Rode NT1A with Fousrite Audio Interface of with Zoom H4n pro / H5 [duplicate]
I'm looking for an appropriate partner for a Rode NT1A. Originally I wanted to go with a USB interface on macOS, something around 200€ like the new Focusrite Scarlett series. But since my field ...
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What's the difference of versions of Sennheiser Headphones HD-25?
What's the difference of versions of Sennheiser Headphones HD-25?
HD-25 BE (Basic Edition)
HD-25 Sky
HD-25-1
HD-25-1 II
HD-25 SP
HD-25 SP II
HD-25 C II
HD-25-13
HD-25-13 II
I allready ask to ...
