Try to borrow a Zylia ZM-1 or any other higher order ambisonic mic, this gives you third order b-format.
Converting to other formats works better than first order. When I feel comitted to be sure and get it right I record tetracycline foa and spaced omnis on a 6 track tascam dr-680 recorder and a Zylia ZM-1 for my laptop. Bo-Erik Den mån 8 aug. 2022 23:54Thorsten Michels <t.mich...@posteo.de> skrev: > Hi all! > > At the end of August I will be in the IBM Mainframe research lab and I > was granted the great honor and permission to do some recordings of the > following devices: > > Mainframes: IBM Z 14, IBM Z 15 and the brandnew Z16. As this wouldn't be > enough, I will get a few minutes to record the IBM Quantum computer. (no > joke!) > So this is a "one-shot-only-single-chance" and I would like to make as > much as possible out of it. > > My first idea was to use my native Ambix-B-format microphone setup. This > would give me the greatest flexibility, right? > But a few weeks ago I did a recording on a historical marketplace with > it and additionally with my "real-head-binaural" (Roland CS-10EM) > in-ears microphones. > > The blackbirds in the tree above I can very clearly and precisely > localize with the Rolands, but not with the AmbiX-B-format. What a > disappointment! > So, this is a "checked" for the realhead-binaural system. > > But what would you choose to record these machines? > a) native AmbiX-B-format microphone system > b) double M/S > c) regular ORTF > d) regular XY > e) some combinations? (please choose) > > I just bought some contact microphones, just for fun. Let's see where > this will get us. :-) > > But what would you choose? And always be aware of this is a unique and > real "once-in-a-lifetime" chance!!!! > > Any oppinion, advice, dos or donts, hints ... please be frankly and > open. I hearitly appreciate ANY of your support; as I am running in > circles and can't get to a decision. > > > Thank you very much in advance! > > Cheers > > Thorsten > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20220809/eaeaa41e/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
