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Recording Bees and Swarms
#999350 - 23/07/12 12:16 PM
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Hello, I'm just wondering about the best way to capture bees (individuals, hives and
swarms). What kind of mics are best? What are the mics used for field recordings for
example?
Thanks
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Richie Royale
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Re: Recording Bees and Swarms
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#999373 - 23/07/12 01:39 PM
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http://www.beesneezmicrophones.com.au/  Sorry I can't help more directly. I'm sure you could get results with a handheld
recorder (Zoom/Olympus/Nagra) and suitable protective clothing or if you wanted to keep
your distance use a shotgun mic. You could also set up a recorder and leave it unattended
near a hive. I'm sure someone will be along who is more helpful!
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Hugh Robjohns
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Re: Recording Bees and Swarms
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#999374 - 23/07/12 01:48 PM
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Quote Josif A. Soterίou:
What
kind of mics are best? What are the mics used for field recordings for example?
Typically, TV and film location sound
is done with mics like the Sennheiser MKH416 (short shotgun), or MKH40/50 (cardioid/
hypercardiod models), or the Schoeps CCM mics.
A cheaper alternative to the
MKH416 is Rodes NTG3 which is ~very~ similar...
Really, it depends how close
you want or will be able to get, and under what conditions. The advantage of the MKH mics
is that they are very good in wet/humid conditions where most capacitor mics start to
become unreliable and noisy.
hugh
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The Elf
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Re: Recording Bees and Swarms
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#999408 - 23/07/12 04:13 PM
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I took a chance on a (very!) cheap Beyer MCE86 (short shotgun) on a whim. It has become a
very useful tool and is ideal for this type of job.
I've made a few wildlife
recordings with it now and have been pleasantly surprised at the results.
I
still see this mic go for very low prices when they come up second-hand - it would be well
worth giving one a try.
(It also does a great 'voice of God' for
trailers/voice-overs!!)
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chris...
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Re: Recording Bees and Swarms
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#999427 - 23/07/12 07:18 PM
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The Nature
Recordists group is good for this sort of thing.
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Anonymous
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Re: Recording Bees and Swarms
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#999448 - 23/07/12 09:54 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I'll look to buy some suitable mics then. Cheers
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ef37a
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Re: Recording Bees and Swarms
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#999462 - 24/07/12 05:18 AM
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I have a pair of very cheap Hitachi dynamic mics setup in my garden.
They are
wrapped in cling film and stuffed into an old sock each. They feed a Behringer Xenyx 802
mixer then balanced lines thru a bedroom into the living room where the go into a
video/audio 4 way splitter amp and feed a TV, a dvd/hard drive recorder and 2 channels of
an ESI 1010e AI.
Almost all the noise in the system is wind and suburban garden
"rhubarb". I get good recordings of blackbirds and if a bee or any other flying insect
comes close the DAW meters hit -12 or -10 quite easily. Note, I have all the LF rolled off
on the Berry mixer.
Dave.
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John Willett
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Re: Recording Bees and Swarms
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#999491 - 24/07/12 09:09 AM
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