First let me say I have a champagne appetite but a beer budget.
I have a friend that records birds professionally for schools and museums.
Right now he uses a shotgun mike, tripod and a good recorder. I'm thinking I could extend his range with a parabolic refector type of system.
I would love to find out someone has experience with this, but failing that maybe some questions and answers.
I found parbolic dishes at Edmunds - I'm thinking 12 or 18 inch. Any idea of the gain I could expect from these? Is it worth the bulk to go to the 18" dish?
Any thoughts on the fidelity of the refelcted wave? Quality sound is important.
I've been looking at electret mike elements because they are easy, but so far the best I have found are some Panasonics that look pretty good from 50Hz to 16Khz. I would like better - any ideas.
Since I have no idea what output to expect I thought I would just build the capability to really gain it up. But doing that will mean I need something to keep from popping ear drums. So I'm in search of a cute curcuit. I'm thinking I would keep the earphones separate from the recorder but if I do that I need something to make sure I'm in the sweet spot for the recorder (1 volt I think).
It's all a brainstorm right now so any and all input would help.
I have a friend that records birds professionally for schools and museums.
Right now he uses a shotgun mike, tripod and a good recorder. I'm thinking I could extend his range with a parabolic refector type of system.
I would love to find out someone has experience with this, but failing that maybe some questions and answers.
I found parbolic dishes at Edmunds - I'm thinking 12 or 18 inch. Any idea of the gain I could expect from these? Is it worth the bulk to go to the 18" dish?
Any thoughts on the fidelity of the refelcted wave? Quality sound is important.
I've been looking at electret mike elements because they are easy, but so far the best I have found are some Panasonics that look pretty good from 50Hz to 16Khz. I would like better - any ideas.
Since I have no idea what output to expect I thought I would just build the capability to really gain it up. But doing that will mean I need something to keep from popping ear drums. So I'm in search of a cute curcuit. I'm thinking I would keep the earphones separate from the recorder but if I do that I need something to make sure I'm in the sweet spot for the recorder (1 volt I think).
It's all a brainstorm right now so any and all input would help.