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What kind of mic is best for recording birds and lizards?
 
Don't know about birds but have done a lot of work with lizards over the past few months. Get a glass jar and drill a 3/4" whole in the metal lid. Place the lizard in the jar and stick a ecm8000 into the whole that you drilled in the metal lid. Should get you what you are looking for.

Dennis
 
A very directional type mic called a "shotgun mic", most often used by movie people to isolate speech from noisey backgrounds.

There are also parabolic "dish" microphones that are used in football games to do the same thing. These are very popular among bird watchers.
 
How do you Manipulate the birds to give you the sound you want?
 
Believe it or not, I do a lot of wildlife video and I've been meaning to research a good shotgun mic for my crew. I have NO idea where to begin.

Anyone have a suggestion for where to start learning about shotgun mics and which ones to look at?

Specifically- I do outdoor shots of wild animals and, occasionally, outdoor classes where the main speaker has a lavalier mic and the audience sounds like crap if at all. Need a shotgun to pick up the animal sounds and the audience questions and responses to the main speaker.

Take care,
Chris
 
Take a look at the Sennheiser MKH series. Specifically the 60 and 70. These are some of the best shotgun mics on the market.

Make sure you're sitting down when you check the prices.
 
The wierd thing about this thread is that the title is the most generic title possible in a forum about microphones "mics", but the topic is, perhaps, the most esoteric one I've seen "how do I mic these exotic animals?".

:)
 
Do a search on google, using the phrase "mic parabolic relector" and you'll find all the information you need.
 
Sennheiser said:
Take a look at the Sennheiser MKH series. Specifically the 60 and 70. These are some of the best shotgun mics on the market.

Make sure you're sitting down when you check the prices.
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I used one of these to record some small group meetings, and I found them to be quite good, as long as it was pointed at the person speaking. Of course, that is the whole point behind them, so they worked quite well. They sounded fine.

Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
 
I used to do a lot of bird-watching, and some recording. I still have a Sony Parabolic Reflector (PBR-330) and, used with an omnidirectional mic (in my case, an EV RE50) I found that this would beat my shotgun mic (Audio Technica AT815a) hands-down, every time! The shotgun mic really doesn't cut it with recording bird-song.

Hope this helps -

- Wil
 
Thanks for the info guy's.


I wonder if these mic's would work for long range recording (30 yards or more)? I record alot of wildlife from fish to salamanders. I need something better than my old Pking 928. Fish are easy to record cause I can catch them but birds are very difficult. I am gathering quite a library of wildlife sounds like snails and beavers.
 
What's the best mic to use to record someone flipping you "the bird?"
 
Buck62, have I done something to offend you? If this is the case I apologize and hope a full reconciliation can be reached.

Littledog, yes, snails!

In my many endeavors I have had the astonishing experience of recording all over the world. I have journeyed to many exotic places recording hundreds of species of animals and insect alike. I sold my works to the likes of Discovery Films and National Geographic. The monetary value of my works, though very diminutive, has earned me a minor but valuable reputation in this ever-changing industry.

Thanks again for your help.
 
studiowebx said:
Thanks for the info guy's.


I wonder if these mic's would work for long range recording (30 yards or more)? I record alot of wildlife from fish to salamanders. I need something better than my old Pking 928. Fish are easy to record cause I can catch them but birds are very difficult. I am gathering quite a library of wildlife sounds like snails and beavers.
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I'm curious, what does a "snail" sound like?
 
studiowebx said:

In my many endeavors I have had the astonishing experience of recording all over the world. I have journeyed to many exotic places recording hundreds of species of animals and insect alike. I sold my works to the likes of Discovery Films and National Geographic. The monetary value of my works, though very diminutive, has earned me a minor but valuable reputation in this ever-changing industry.

Thanks again for your help.
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Man, if you actually manage to make a living off of that... it sounds like an amazing way to live. So tell me, where do I start? Who do I call? Sign me up!


Lucky bastard. :)
 
studiowebx said:
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In my many endeavors I have had the astonishing experience of recording all over the world. I have journeyed to many exotic places recording hundreds of species of animals and insect alike. I sold my works to the likes of Discovery Films and National Geographic.
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If this is indeed the case, I find it somewhat surprising that you posted the question in the first place. Such a basic question... from such an experienced sound-recordist...

something not quite right here...

Just my suspicious mind... :rolleyes:

- Wil
 
There is a great hand made stereo mic made by the small Swedish company Pearl (yes!). Don't remember the letters and numbers, but I think there's only one type, maybe some modifications....if they're still made....

It's a bit smaller than a U87 and it has a red diode light at the pop shield parts when put on.

This microphone are among the best ever made so far in my opinion with my experience and I've tried a lot. It's (was) not 10k priced either. It came with a portable phantom unit.

I've used it recording "the sound of nature" in the woods once for an album. The results were breathtaking. I've used it for studio situations too with the same result.

Couldn't it be put into a Sony Parabolic Reflector (PBR-330) as mentioned earlier?

Hans,
www.hagen.nu
 
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