How can I get noise cancelation?

[stealingsilver]

basically I have a shotgun microphone and a dynamic microphone stuck together. I am trying to listen to a source far away and want to use the dynamc microphone to cancel out local noise. CAn i do this on any programme?

cheers

Phil

 

[bennychico11]

well, first off you should know that a shotgun microphone is not a mic that is typically used to pickup far away sounds. this mic has a very tight polar pattern that is used to pick out sounds easier...but usually for closer sounds. think of a when you roll a newspaper up and look through the center. It blocks out the surrounding images and you can see something that's far away...however, it doesn't make it appear closer. Same thing with a shotgun. What you need to look into is a parabolic microphone.

 

[apl]

basically I have a shotgun microphone and a dynamic microphone stuck together. I am trying to listen to a source far away and want to use the dynamc microphone to cancel out local noise. CAn i do this on any programme?

cheers

Phil

No. Not enough data for the math.

 

[punkin]

Are you saying that you've got the shotgun pointed forward (at the sound source) and the dynamic pointed rearward on the same axis?