From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Harvey Sanenbum   wrote:   
   >My neighbor raises quail and currently has a Bobwhite. I tried setting   
   >up my Zoom H2 positioned three feet away from the bird today with AGC2   
   >enabled, mics at high sensitivity, and mic volume around 90 or so. It's   
   >chirp was captured but even though limited by AGC, I think I used way   
   >too high of settings as the chirp components sound distorted.   
      
   This is how AGC works.   
      
   >Unfortunately, they work and I can't be with the recorder during   
   >capture. Other than recording at 24 bit, which I always do, what should   
   >my settings be? Thinking mic set to low or medium sensitivity, maybe   
   >using one of the limiters instead of AGC, and mic volume at 50-60 might   
   >be far better but not sure. Thank you in advance.   
      
   No limiter, no AGC.  Set one mike to maybe 20dB lower than what you had,   
   then set the other mike to 40dB lower.  This is an old production sound   
   technique that people use when they have no chance of getting proper   
   levels but have an extra channel.  In post, pick the channel that is better.   
      
   Just as a reference, our eclectus parrot Coco is 105 dB/1m.  This is very,   
   very loud.  Birds are not really suitable for household living.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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