This is a bit off topic for this list, but I thought I'd try (all my recording gear is 96khz/24 bit & Linux based, does that help?)<br><br>I am selling my house deep in the santa cruz mountains, and I think the things I'm going to miss most is the birdsong and other sounds of the wilderness around me. So, I keep thinking, I should pick up a good mic soon (stereo mic, or matched pair) - either buy, borrow, or rent for a few days - and record it all, so I can recreate the ambiance and memories of this place one day in the future.
<br><br>Recordings done outside over the years with my available mics - SM-57, SM-58, an AT tube mic, etc - have all generally been kind of hissy and not up to the quality of other environmental recordings I've heard. Maybe that's also a factor of the pre-amps I've used, or inadaquate screening for wind.
<br><br>I have daydreams about somehow making this into a high-resolution surround sound mix, or doing an enormous recording (from dawn til dusk, from dusk til dawn) <br><br>But I'm WAAAY out of my depth here as to how to get the best recording of the outdoors.
<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mike Taht<br>PostCards From the Bleeding Edge<br><a href="http://the-edge.blogspot.com">http://the-edge.blogspot.com</a>