#1076

i have a basic question. i am lining one mono JRF hydrophone into my sony d100. how can i monitor it in both headphones easily?

#1077

Presumably one could record in stereo with two of these. Just need a sync clap from 1/2 way between them to sync them up. The mics could be as close or far apart as you like. The hiss could be a show stopper for field recording work, though. I ordered two and am looking forward to receiving them someday a few months after I forgot I had ordered them.

#1078

Is anyone using a mount alternative to the Rycote one sold by LOM for their Usiā€™s?

#1079

Zoom H5 users, can it be used as iOS compatible audio interface?

#1080

Yes, the H5 will work as an audio interface on iOS!

#1081

Ahh great. I have the Roland:GO but itā€™s a bit noisy.

#1082

a long shot and I am assuming at this point I just lost a months work, but anyone got any recovery tips for trying to fix corrupted files before I just give up on this SD card? I have a DR-40, and the files show their correct size if I drag them on to my hard drive, but wonā€™t open/play, and I get an file error if I try and play them back on the recorder. I tried importing to Audacity as raw data and got the correct file length, just empty. Iā€™m hoping its something with the card and I shouldnā€™t expect this again from the recorder.

#1083

PhotoRec could be worth trying. If the card still shows up on your computer it usually does the trick.

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#1084

The [nature recordists] Yahoo group has moved to groups.io for anyone interested in joining: https://groups.io/g/Naturerecordists

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#1085

Has anybody compared Zoom SSH-6 and MSH-6 mics on field recordings?
The shotgun seems to have a higher noise floor but it captures better the natural gain of sounds which itā€™s pointed at.

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#1086

This weekend the Reveil 2020 transmission loops the earth at sunrise, highlighting the Dawn Chorus and other live environmental sounds from (UTC+1) 5AM on Saturday May 2 to 6AM Sunday, May.

here you can find the reveil stream (play button on top of page)
http://soundtent.org/reveil/index.html#/

Iā€™m participating to this event and Iā€™ll be streaming for the next 48hours.
My time is UTC +3 .
If you like to listen the sounds from my rooftop, you can try my stream here:
http://streams.soundtent.org/2020/streams/utc3_rethymno-307791ac-85bd-41ed-bc3a-4e6732db908f
(however little activity during the night)
left clock shows local time.

Reveil is a collective production by streamers at listening points around the planet. Starting on the morning of Saturday 2 May in South London near the Greenwich Meridian, the broadcast will pick up feeds one by one, tracking the sunrise west from microphone to microphone, following the wave of intensified sound that loops the earth every 24 hours at first light.

here is the locusonous soundmap:
http://locusonus.org/soundmap/051/

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#1087

Hello, it is my first post here, thanks so much for all the information you are sharing.
Iā€™m quite new to field recording, and in the last couple of weeks iā€™ve been trying to record the sounds of things fermenting. I first tried with an audiomoth, thinking of the fact that it has a wide frequency range, but it failed as the signal to noise ratio was way to high for the volume of the fermentation process. Now iā€™m waiting for another batch to start fermenting which Iā€™m planning to record with 2 hydrophones and a H5. But i am afraid that wonā€™t work either ( will come back with news in the next couple of days). Was also thinking to buy a pair of USI. Do you think it would be a good idea? Has any of you had experience with this type of sounds?
kind regards

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#1088

Welcome! Havenā€™t recorded fermentation, but did attach a pair of USI Pros to my hot water heater, and got some interesting sounds. The USI Pros are sensitive and quiet mics, so theyā€™re nice for any subtle sounds. The hydrophone is also a great ideaā€”perfect for capturing any sounds in liquids. The sounds will be quite different between the USIs and the hydrophone, so it would be good to record both ways.

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#1089

Hi. thanks so much for the reply. good to hear that a pair of USI could do the job, now i have to wait for the to be available again.
iā€™ll post the hydrophone recordings as soon as i make them.
best!

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#1090

The problem is that most microphones arenā€™t built for very high frequencies, even if you slow it down the microphone wonā€™t capture much above 20,000hz. The most notable is the Sanken CO-100K, which goes to 100,000 hz, and I am sure would do exactly what you want. If you buy one for me Iā€™ll do my best to make you the field recordings you want :grin:

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#1091

Iā€™m curious to hear about these two as well. Looking to add one of them to my H5 soon and Iā€™m leaning towards the MSH-6 since I donā€™t know if Iā€™d really care for something particularly directional like the SSH.

#1092

Iā€™ll get the MSH-6, lower self noise and smaller footprint. Iā€™ll post some impressions once I get it.

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#1093

Just found this video demo which was helpful for me. On most of the examples of recording a specific subject, the SSH sounds better, or at least louder, but when they do the stereo spread test I much prefer the sound of the MSH when I close my eyes. Comparing the sections where they have the side mics at +6 gain, I can pinpoint where the sound is coming from much better on the MSH example than the SSH, and thatā€™s what Iā€™m interested in capturing: a well defined and detailed full stereo image.

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#1094

Iā€™ve seen it a couple of times. Worth checking this video too, to discard the SSH-6 :slight_smile:
Thereā€™s a little check on the MSH-6 which I timestamped, but the rest is just on the SSH-6 and the H5. The guy seems to know his stuff.

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#1095

This was really quite something to listen to. Almost disorientating at times as we pottered around the kitchen and the back garden. Also there was a hushed presenter on resonance extra who was introducing mics as they switched the broadcast to folllow the dawn. He sounded like a commentator at a snooker game. Ha.

I really wanted to participate but didnā€™t get around to it. Next time.

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