I like to think of natural silence as the canvas upon which other sounds are painted. (Dr. Timothy C Mullet)
Shotgun Microphones Vs. Parabola
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here a test at the limit of a reasonable sound pickup distance (about 40 meters) regarding a type of Robin call, the so-called repeated Tic call, to test the real difference between a sound pickup performed with a parabolic microphone versus two types of…
Luca Baghino in Tenerife using ZOOM F3 and stereo baffle
Reading Time: 6 minutes In January 2025, I was able to realize my dream of a holiday in Tenerife after meeting Rubén Barone, a friend and naturalist from Santa Cruz, whom I met in Genoa in 2019 and who invited me on a nature-focused visit. So, after the…
Glaucidium passerinum by Grégory Chamming’s
Reading Time: 2 minutes “I hadn’t been back to visit the tiny Golden-eyed Owl (who lives in the forest above my house) for 15 days already… So I put down a little microphone, after spending 2 hours with her, and the incessant comings and goings, male and female,…
Small 25 cm Parabola Vs. Onboard Mics ZOOM H1
Reading Time: < 1 minute Parabolic Stereo Microphone 25 cm dish 1+1 AOM 5024 capsules ZOOM H1 First three Blackbir songs with a ZOOM H1 old type and small 25 cm stereo parabola;last two songs with onboard Mics of ZOOM H1- AS RECORDED __________________________________________________________________________________ ALL NORMALIZED up to -3dB
XVIVE XV1r Vs. ZOOM H1e – H1n * only Plug In Power Mic IN TEST
Reading Time: 2 minutes * UPDATE – I finally ran the test for the onboard microphones as well. See the last two MP3 audio files with the recordings first as recorded, then Normalized to -3dB. See also the spectrogram image of the file normalized to -3dB for the…
Garden Warbler Vs. Blackcap Warbler songs
Reading Time: < 1 minute This is a wonderful recording by Grégory Chamming’s.It is a perfect recording both from a sound and educational point of view, as it directly compares the song of two species that are often confused with each other: Sylvia borin and Sylvia atricapilla. The recording…
BLACKBIRD SINGING IN THE WIND WITH AN APPROACHING STORM – Sound Devices 302+Roland R05 or ZOOM H1xlr
Reading Time: < 1 minute (WITH wind) SD302+R05 Hand held Parabolic Stereo Microphone – 2+2 AOM 5024 capsules. (WITHOUT wind) SD302+H1XLR Hand held Parabolic Stereo Microphone – 2+2 AOM 5024 capsules.
12.5 cm Parabolic Microphone & LS-P1
Reading Time: 2 minutes I tried to make a stereo parabolic microphone setup as compact as possible.I 3D printed a 12.5 cm dish with a focal point at 3 cm. I also printed a 6.5 cm diameter stereo baffle separator, inside which I placed two PUI AOM 5024…
Tascam FR-AV2 / Mid side Parabola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis and African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus roost at night in my garden (North Italy), here in the cold of the rime and the fog. This is a recording made using a Mid Side Stereo Parabola. The microphones inside are AOM…
The Old and the New
Reading Time: < 1 minute I’m very attached to old things and at the same time devoted to innovation, so I’m always torn between using one or the other.For example, if I use a Mid Side microphone setup, I could use a Sound Devices 302 coupled with a Fostex…
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