Anyone who wants to try binaural recording for the first time without breaking the bank? Try these for size:
https://www.thomann.de/gb/roland_wear_pro.htmThey're on sale at Thomann. The original price was well over 100 euros. Originally meant to be worn in your ears, they come with foams against wind noise and small crocodile clamps to attach them to your clothing etc.
Simply cut off the USB-type connector (it isn't a digital interface anyway) and mount a 1/8" stereo jack plug (yellow wire to the tip, red to the ring and screen to the sleeve) instead, connect it to any recorder with plug-in power and there you go.
I've wrapped a pair of them in faux fur and it's now dangling in front of my street-side window, so I can start a recording whenever there's something of interest going on outside - all this without risking any expensive equipment.
Here's a few examples:
Street atmosphere with covidiots protesting half a block away:
http://www.fotoralf.de/audio/covidioten.mp3The same scene on a calmer Sunday morning:
http://www.fotoralf.de/audio/sonntag.mp3...and the only goal in the Champions Leage finals, last week:
http://www.fotoralf.be/audio/Tooor.mp3If you're worried about their slightly higher noise level then just don't try to record the grass growing. Otherwise they're the greatest fun to be had for under ten quid. And no, I have no idea how they'll behave at Death Metal concerts or next to nuclear blasts. ;-)
Ralf