#869

No experience with the microphone, but I am pretty certain it is made by Dodotronic.

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#870

Ive just picked up delivery of my LOM Usis. Very excited to up my field game a notch.

Im curious if people could recommend a ā€œbarā€ which would help me prop them for recording with a tripod.

And if any one has suggestions on interesting methods of recording with them Iā€™d be grateful.

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#871

It will certainly be useful in some situations, but donā€™t then be limited by the size of the bar - especially for more environmental stuff.

Hearing this made me re-think how wide a pair of omnis can go in the field:


Thanks @timp
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#872

Definitely wonā€™t. But while i have access to only one tripod Iā€™d like to have some kind of solution.

#873

With the USIā€™s, I usually prefer a lightweight, compact solution. This is a Manfrotto pico clamp and two radio scanner antennas. The rig can adjust from a couple inches to about 30" separation.

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#874

I tend to either attach them to my person or surrounding environment, but if nooneā€™s about I just sit there with them in my hands like Iā€™m Buddha or something. I try to keep my kit as minimal as possible.

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#875

Greeeat idea. Thank you.

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#876

Yeah I think the recordings might mean even more to me if I get involved in that way.

#877

I use a coat hanger and a clamp and it works fine!

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#878

Oh yeah id forgotten you posted that earlier. Love the devilmaycare approach. I would need to figure out how to attach the hanger to my unit thoā€¦

#879

I use a semi heavy-duty tripod clamp and it screws to the underside of the DR-40. Not sure if that would work for you though

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#880

SNAP :smiley:

Cable management is a bit of pain thoughā€¦

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#881

Not shown in the photo, but I always carry a bunch of small velcro loops I use to secure the cables. if I ever get a moment of spare time, Iā€™ll build a few custom cables with low-profile XLRs, and a single cable from the rig to my MixPre 6.

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#882

I just picked up a mikrousi pair from the recent batch. Canā€™t wait to try em out.

I didnā€™t get the wind bubbles, I have some lavelier wind protectors I was going to use, didnā€™t realize how small the capsules are though. Are you folks just jamming wind protectors over the entire mic+clip? Seems kind of fiddly.

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#883

Iā€™ve also just got hold of a mikrousi pair (hi @Oootini), and as such:

Iā€™m just wondering if anyone here has any experience with DIY jecklin disks or even dummy heads? Theres a little bit of talk about jecklin disks wayyyy back in this thread, but Iā€™m interested specifically in how they fare in terms of closely recreating a listening experience (as the extravagant sennheiser dummy heads purport to do) and also how effective a DIY version could be. It seems as though it shouldnā€™t be difficult to create something that is functionally pretty close. I know many people just attach the mics to their headphones or some similar arrangement, and I will try this, but Iā€™d also like to have something that I can place and leave for a while.

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#884

I think I was part of that previous talk of Jecklin disks and still say itā€™s a great way to go. I havenā€™t done a DIY one though or heard one but have to imagine itā€™s worth trying.
Another DIY option to look into could be the SASS build:
http://caperteebirder.com/?page_id=284
Early on, I had a Crown SASS mic and it was such a good system. As I got better mics I sold the Crown but that structure and the stereo imaging all helped me to get some of my favorite field recordings

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#885

Iā€™ve used the Bruel & Kjaer binaural head & torso systems at work quite a bit, as well as the HEAD acoustics head. They are all using a generalized model of a human head ā€“ something could easily be DIYā€™d to get similar results. Their high cost comes into their instrumentation and the high degree of accuracy that comes from the foam ears. The pinnae effect adds quite a bit to accuracy, but itā€™s probably not needed for enthusiast activities. We were working on sound quality for automotive applications.

The head related transfer function of having the head there is probably the most important and easiest to do, after that the pinnae, after that the torso. I havenā€™t used them for general field recording, but in sound quality applications they give amazing results!

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#886

How does the uh, torso, come into the equation? I canā€™t picture its purpose, unless itā€™s for absorbing soundā€¦?

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#887

Check out this paper, which also conveniently focuses on approximating the function of the head/torso simulation using spheres.

The takeaway is that our hearing is very finely tuned. Beyond just what we actively hear, the brain is taking in all kinds of information that it uses to determine distance, height, location, etc. of the world around us.

The importance of the head related transfer function cannot be overstated. A well-made binaural recording is like seeing color for the first time, it truly transports you to the location. Part of that - an admittedly smaller part - has to do with the way sound interacts with our torso in addition to our head and ears. There are reflections from the torso that our brain is using to help orient us and what we hear, even if we donā€™t realize it.

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#888

Ahh amazing, Iā€™ve never come across the SASS before. This article is a great resource, thanks!

Thanks for your response! Some great insights. In light of this Iā€™ll definitely have a go at a DIY head. If Iā€™m honest with myself I probably donā€™t really need extreme precision, although it is generally my aim to recreate the experience of a space/environment. I figure that there is variability amongst actual human heads and ears, so it will never be be perfect anyway.

In the immediate future I will experiment with a DIY jecklin disk to take on a little road trip next week and see how that goes. Such fun, thanks friends!

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