Insta360 Mic Pro - New wireless mic with 32-bit stereo internal recording

[Ozpeter]

^ That's it.

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Thanks for that clarification, also mccordo. 

While i realise that there are a number of ways to capture a stereo audio recording, using pairs of single-piece stereo audio recorders does seem to be a hard work way to do it (and expensive!).  Especially if it would be necessary to line the two channels up later to a very high, and consistent, accuracy. 

I take the (personal) view that the Mic Pro is a stereo audio portable recording device in the same bracket as the slew of such devices from Zoom and Tascam which have built in mics - except those do have the ability to accept external mics also, and to support headphones etc etc.  But I have never heard of anyone using a spaced pair of (say) Zoom H2e recorders for stereo, though maybe it does happen.  In secret.  Maybe spaced Sony M10 devices with their omni mics would be a better choice. 

Actually the nearest 'relatives' to the Mic Pro that I'm aware of, and which I possess, are the radically larger Zoom M2 and M3 MicTrak devices, which, like the Mic Pro, have mics but no inputs, and are capable of 32 bit float stereo recording.  Neither offers fundamental mono polar pattern settings of course, though the M/S width of the M3 can be preset from mono out to 120 degrees.  One could use a crossed pair of M3 recorders set to mono to get a stereo image I guess instead of using one set to stereo... but would anyone do that?

The stereo image for a single Mic Pro is, for me, accurate and very immersive - when I used it for dawn chorus recording, loudspeaker playback sounded wider than the speakers - but I do realise that spaced omnis are a widely used alternative to single (or near) single point recording setups.  What would be very interesting would be if someone made a recording with three Mic Pros, one in the middle set to stereo, and the other two spaced out in mono, and compared the result.  The chance of that happening simultaneously would be zero, I suspect.  But maybe someone at a gig using whatever system they normally use, while experimenting with a Mic Pro system alongside it, could record part of the show with spaced omni Mic Pros and part with a single stereo one, to evaluate the difference. 

I am probably revealing that I have reached the time in life where simplest seems best...!

[vwmule]

Posted this earlier but anyone want to take a crack at EQ this recording?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FEkOFeVuKNczqfZYROmUhmu-M4a9bFuh/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d2tIQamP-uLkHUQGhVB4kiUApoKy4YBr/view?usp=sharing

That's just the first bit.  EQ I used, and the result, are included below.  In the frequency response analysis, the green lines are the original, the red lines are after EQ.  I also slightly widened the stereo image and shifted it a bit to the left to make it more centred.

I guess the trouble with recording rock band events is that the sound is totally dependent on the on stage amps, the acoustic of the location, how far back you are, etc etc.  The item having the least effect is probably the recording gear!  Anyway, with a bit of processing this sounds fine to me.

This sounds great. Thank you.