Having just arrived back in London from my first holiday in three years I ventured to the British Library to get my visitors pass and to request copies of "Echoes from the Sky: A Story of Acoustic Defence" and "Mirrors by the sea" by Richard Newton Scarth. I was informed I would have to wait 48 hours for them to be retrieved and delivered.
I spent part of this morning researching microphones and after speaking to several sources decided that I would be best off experimenting with a standard dynamic directional mic as this would require no external power source (wrong) and should allow me to record directly onto the laptop or ipod depending on sound quality. A shotgun mic would be next choice and would be an improvement in quality. A condenser mic would be very sensitive but would require external powering. But as with all tech stuff, increased quality = increased price. later in the day I had a walk down to Maplin on Liverpool st and had a look at the mics. I will pick one up next week and do some initial tests.
(Stock photo/ not me!)Things I need to take to Spurn for the first two days testing/recording
1. step ladders
2. tape
3. 4ft 2/2 steak
5. tool box
6. powered up drill
7. camera
8. mic
9. laptop
10. all wires
11. amp + speakers
12. conical/ parabolic device to shroud microphone.
The last one is something I shall have to work on later next week, once I'm back in the studio. I don't want to do anything else until I have read the books as they may provide some clear guidance on the capturing methods and equipment used 100 years ago.
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