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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: Taylor on July 14, 2003, 10:08:51 AM
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I have a Question..i have read lots of post on here about various thing all great....i'm a newbie at all this..so i was wondering if you could help me ...here goes... what is the best(your pref) set up as far as mics go for lawn...DIN,ORTF, or what?
thanks for your help...
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all depends on the caps you are running. I would assume you're talking about cards. Where I would recommend ORTF, but other configs would give you pleasing results as well.
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One rule of thumb that was quoted in another thread (by ducati, I believe...can't remember which thread it's in or I'd put a link herE) is to widen your pattern the further away you are from the source...from close to far, X-Y, ORTF, DIN and NOS. Of course, there's the question of how far is far, and what kind of mics/caps you're running, if you're indoor/outdoor, etc., etc.
--Dave
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When you said widen, are you talking about spacing or angle? I assume apcing since, ORTF is a greater angle the DIN correct?
-Kevin
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ORTF is 110 degrees where din uses 90. I believe he was referrring to angle, but this bring up an intresting subject: Spaced Cards.
Have any of ya'll tried your hand at spacing cards, have you found a good distance where you get a wide stereo image without the hole in the middle?
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Yes - DIN and NOS are both 90 degrees but DIN is 20cm between caps whereas NOS is 30cm. I meant cap spacing - if you go with 110 degrees way far back then there will likely be a hole in the middle...
I should put a big-ass disclaimer here that this is all based on what I've read and not actual practice...but I've read a lot. ;D
--Dave
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ran from the lawn, dfc, for dave matthews the other day. ran xy at 13ft and got a great recording, being from the lawn and with c1000s
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Thanks