Re: Dismantling LDC to use capsules as ORTF in a blimp
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I hear you. I’ve got a few omnis (em272 and aom5024) in various configurations, but I’ve been wanting to play with some cardioids also for ambience and nature sounds etc. The self
noise specs of the nt1a were hard to pass up, and the price is nice too.
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I’ll definitely concede they’re large mics (180mm long, 50mm dia.) and I can’t see myself hiking with my setup. That link you shared has also been one of my inspirations. For reference,
this is the sort of thing I’m building:
I guess you’ll save a bit of room by shucking the mics, but I’m assuming you’ll be basically limited to AB in a blimp with the mic internals end to end or overlapped, unless you tilt the capsules such as in the video you linked. I’ve seen people make an adapter
for end to end mics in a blimp from a female to female xlr connector, running the wires out the side of the connector. This would also be less hassle than disassembly, providing of course the blimp was large enough.
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Subject: Re: [MicBuilders] Dismantling LDC to use capsules as ORTF in a blimp
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@Cram, I'm dismantling them to make the whole thing a bit more portable. I like the idea of something I can set up fairly quickly- then it will get used and my laziness or procrastination won't put a halt to it. Plus I occasionally record
in places with people around and like to try to keep my setup fairly discreet.
Magnús Bergsson has made some really nice recordings using dismantled NT1As and Lewitt 540S -
I guess if I had the budget I'd probably get a pair of Sennheiser or DPA sdc for the smaller form factor.
Really I'm just trying to get more detailed/low noise recordings in a fairly cost effective way but trying also to keep the footprint fairly small.
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