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Title: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: anechoic on August 07, 2008, 07:19:19 PM

OK so as promised I'm posting two soundfiles recorded with my Aevox mics

location: playground @ Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
rig: Aevox MkII > Sound Professionals-SPSB-5 > Archos402 camcorder (used as a digital audio recorder)

recorded at 44.1kHz/16bit
(Archos doesn't do 96kHz/24 bit)

mic config: A-B @ 40cm...
ambience recorded: mics facing forward + flat on a stone bench
kids on slide recorded: mics on ground facing forward
preamp gain: +22dB
converted using Audacity>LAME > 192kbps

links:
http://www.anechoicmedia.com/aevox/GGPark_amb1.mp3
http://www.anechoicmedia.com/aevox/GGPark_kids_slide1.mp3

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: JM Charcot on August 10, 2008, 05:59:02 AM

Thanks for the soundfiles!  :)

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: digifish_music on August 10, 2008, 07:08:16 AM

Quote from: anechoic on August 07, 2008, 07:19:19 PM

OK so as promised I'm posting two soundfiles recorded with my Aevox mics

...

mic config: A-B @ 40cm...
ambience recorded: mics facing forward + flat on a stone bench

Nice. Were you sitting between the mics?

You should upload them to www.freesound.org :)

digifish

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: anechoic on August 10, 2008, 06:08:52 PM

Quote from: digifish_music on August 10, 2008, 07:08:16 AM

Quote from: anechoic on August 07, 2008, 07:19:19 PM

OK so as promised I'm posting two soundfiles recorded with my Aevox mics

...

mic config: A-B @ 40cm...
ambience recorded: mics facing forward + flat on a stone bench

Nice. Were you sitting between the mics?

no, I was standing ~2 meters behind the mics and recorder
but keeping a watchful eye on my rig ;)

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: jnorman34 on August 10, 2008, 07:40:14 PM

the primary aevox models look a lot like the little naiant mics.  are they supposed to be better than naiants (ie, less noisy)?

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: anechoic on August 10, 2008, 09:34:47 PM

the manufacturer publishes no spec for the Aevox mics
but he has capsules made to his specification
I have no idea how they stack up against the Naiant mic's

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: Q-W-Y on August 24, 2008, 02:24:32 PM

Could you pls post a recording from a concert with that mics?
Thx

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: anechoic on August 24, 2008, 02:55:38 PM

I don't record live music at all
not my thing
but maybe there is someone else on TS with Aevox mics that could do this?

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: Q-W-Y on August 30, 2008, 07:34:49 AM

Quote from: anechoic on August 24, 2008, 02:55:38 PM

I don't record live music at all
not my thing
but maybe there is someone else on TS with Aevox mics that could do this?

Seems like nobody got Aevox there :)

How does it cope with high SPL ?

Title: Re: Aevox MkII stereo mic samples
Post by: anechoic on September 02, 2008, 11:16:40 AM

since Aevox doesn't publish 'specs' there is no info on their web site about what the max SPL they can handle
but as I record mostly sound effects and ambiances I have yet to encounter anything approaching the levels of electric live music (i.e. not acoustic)
the mics are sensitive to low freqs so care must to taken to use a hpf during some recordings so the mics don't distort