Vollmeise
Well-known member
Hi there,
some years ago I started field recording for evidence or ID purposes by using my smartphone and different audio apps.
In most cases the recordings were usable, in some cases quiet bird songs or calls suffered from clearness due to way too much noise.
So, lately I decided to invest in field recording gear last year and my current setup now is:
- Tascam DR70 field recorder
- Sennheiser MKE600 shotgun microphone
- wind screen (dead cat) to reduce wind noises
Though signal/noise ratio is much better now, it's still not easy at all to get clear recordings of faint bird calls especially in noisy or/and windy environment.
Does someone out there have an advice how to adjust the field recorder's microphone gain presets (low/mid/high..) and the additional fine adjustments to get the best signal/noise as possible?
Does an external preamp like "TritonAudio FetHead" or "Cloudlifter CL-1" produce less noise when used with my Tascam DR70 (due to lower gain preset) and Sennheiser MKE600?
Will another field recorder with better preamps produce noticeable less noise?
Having its price in mind, which part of the recording workflow has the most bearing on sound quality - microphone or pre amplifier?
Thanks a lot!
some years ago I started field recording for evidence or ID purposes by using my smartphone and different audio apps.
In most cases the recordings were usable, in some cases quiet bird songs or calls suffered from clearness due to way too much noise.
So, lately I decided to invest in field recording gear last year and my current setup now is:
- Tascam DR70 field recorder
- Sennheiser MKE600 shotgun microphone
- wind screen (dead cat) to reduce wind noises
Though signal/noise ratio is much better now, it's still not easy at all to get clear recordings of faint bird calls especially in noisy or/and windy environment.
Does someone out there have an advice how to adjust the field recorder's microphone gain presets (low/mid/high..) and the additional fine adjustments to get the best signal/noise as possible?
Does an external preamp like "TritonAudio FetHead" or "Cloudlifter CL-1" produce less noise when used with my Tascam DR70 (due to lower gain preset) and Sennheiser MKE600?
Will another field recorder with better preamps produce noticeable less noise?
Having its price in mind, which part of the recording workflow has the most bearing on sound quality - microphone or pre amplifier?
Thanks a lot!