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Re: Neumann D-01 no room tone!?

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From: Soundhaspriority
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:24
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"Rheilly Phoull" <rheilly@bigslong.com> wrote...

> 
> "Soundhaspriority" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:C5D0C65A.4D3E3%nowhere@nowhere.com...
>> 
>> "Ty Ford" <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:0001HW.C5D074E400FA107DF0284530@News.Individual.NET...
>>> On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:23:17 -0500, geoff wrote
>>> (in article <nbCdnTIffoxVYTfUnZ2dnUVZ_qTinZ2d@giganews.com>):
>>> 
>>>> Ty Ford wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I was recording someone's voice yesterday using the-D-01. As I began
>>>>> to edit, I realized that as the cursor moved past the end of the
>>>>> file, there was no change in sound. The selfnoise of the system was
>>>>> so low that I couldn't really hear the usual room tone to digital
>>>>> black drop off.
>>>> 
>>>> Your room was presumably still there ! If there was no room tone, then
>>>> that
>>>> would either imply the self-noise was so high it masked it, or that
>>>> there
>>>> is
>>>> some noise-gating funcion going on.
>>>> 
>>>> geoff
>>> 
>>> What I call room tone includes mic self noise and preamp noise as well as
>>> atmos in the space. Do you consider it something different?
>>> 
>>> Ty Ford
>>> 
>> Yes, I consider it the natural resonances of the room. All rooms have a
>> "seashell effect", ala the Helmholtz resonator.  The Audio Cyclopedia
>> taught
>> me this.
> 
> 
> 
> Would that be the "Worthless one" (from your previous posting) or do you
> have another ??

The "worthless one" is the one sold to most amateurs like you.  There is a
professional version that has the REAL data in it - that's the one I use.

"I don't really have a replacement career, it's a very gnawing thing."

Robert Morein
Dresher, PA
(310) 237-6511 
(215) 646-4894
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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:24:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Neumann D-01  no room tone!?
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