![]() ![]() So you need to keep steady in those moments. If you’re recording a friend’s band at a club, and you turn your head to talk to someone, the whole perspective shifts (obviously). (Editor’s note: Sonic Presence recommends the Windtech 8801.)Īnother thing to watch out for - since you’re the dummy head here - is your position. I think a great add-on from Sonic Presence would be a pair of tiny wind screens to put over the mics, like the ones you see for lavs and other location mics. I had recorded a nice walk from the studio to Penn Station in NYC… but when I came off the side street onto 7th Avenue, the wind was gusting pretty heavily. The SP15 Pros could be very useful for all sorts of location recording applications, where perhaps the actors or voices are mic’d separately at a distance away while you capture actual location ambience at the same time. Just be careful to perfectly match the two input levels! ![]() Otherwise, I would opt for the SP15 Pro, so you have all the gain control you need. There is no knob to adjust gain on the SP15C mic itself, so you need to rely on your device by using an app that lets you control the gain. I haven’t found this to be a problem, since I can get the audio into Pro Tools and set it where I need it. Keep in mind that when using those apps, some have no gain control. I have had no problem with video on my iPhone or even just Apple’s Voice Memos app. You can plug these into any recorder that works for you. And all I needed to go with the mics was my phone. Sporadic seagulls with crashing and rolling waves against the jetties – recorded in a way that puts you in the space. I sat in a chair on the Jersey Shore and recorded my own beds of sound effects. One of the things I always struggle with when pulling sound effects is finding a beach scene that reminds me of when I actually go to the beach! Problem solved. The XLR-equipped Pro version in a field recorder and/or video capture setup. I am quickly and easily amassing my own ambient sound effects library. I did not expect this level of quality from the SP15C for $149! (The SP15 Pro retails for $249.) They fold up like any pair of headphones into their own little pouch, making them a must-have item on my travels. On playback, I can localize the people behind me talking and cheering! The SP15C never distorted and had no problem capturing the lowest lows and the brightest highs. ![]() Once again I compared just my phone to the SP15C. I wanted to see how well they handle really heavy SPLs, so I took them to see a band at The Palladium Times Square. At one point a car slowly rolled by with its subwoofers rumbling the ground. The clarity of the audio and the range picked up is incredible! I took the mics with me on a family trip to Philladelphia, and captured some ambience as we walked around the city. At one point, a couple of workers started speaking just to my right, and I always do a double take on playback. I decided one day to stop and record it – first with the built-in mics in my iPhone 11, and then with the SP15C. The high-end dummy head mics can get a bit pricey – and cumbersome.Ĭoming out of lockdown, a new building was going up across the street from the studio I work for. I have craved the ability to record my own binaural sound effects on the go. Now we’re experiencing front, back, up and down (does anyone reading this remember the old paper bag over the head or haircut trick?). It was a series of ambisonic sound effect recordings that blew my mind. Buzzwords like “spatial audio” and “3D sound” have finally gained traction, and the demand for audio that surrounds us in our headphones is up dramatically! Companies like Dolby with Atmos, and Apple’s own Spatial Audio, are leading the charge on production and playback, but what about recording?Īs an audio engineering student in the late 80s, I vividly remember sitting at an AES booth listening to the Dimension Holophonics sound effects library demo. ![]() The Sonic Presence SP15C makes binaural recording for spatial audio easy.Īs a commercial audio mixer, I have suggested to my clients for years that they take advantage of the world of increasingly headphone-consumed content. ![]()
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