Oh noice thread. Cool gear and pics OP! Nice dead cats you got there too. I don't really use shotgun mics myself (what I do is all about the ambience) but I have one that struggles a bit in the wind. Plus whenever I have a good sound source for it (tried to get a woodpecker the other day) but the time I get it setup it goes away!
>>757499>>757504You really just need to get a handheld recorder of some kind, and a windmuff for it. Sony, Tascam, Zoom - all good brands. You just need to think about whether or not you want to plug mics into it or just use the onboard mics, and what kinds of recordings you want. Stereo, mono, focused on a single sound source, ambient, etc. Different kinds of mics have wildly different properties and the same goes with different mic techniques. To get up and running you just need a handheld recorder with built-in mics, to really get serious there's gonna be a lot to learn about along the way.
>>757527>diy parabolic dishbrah look into squirrel baffles. I made mine out of a squirrel baffle and a lavalier mic, pic related. now the baffle probably won't be perfectly parabolic so once you do the math to find the focus point you're gonna have to tweak it a bit to find the sweetspot. i have an additional reflector at the end because the mic i used is omnidirectional (for various reasons) and that double-reflects sound back to the microphone. it's basically a squirrel baffle, a threaded steel rod, some plastic pipe, a mic hand grip, two large washers and some nuts! like with my shotgun mic, i've found fairly minimal use for it. the sound quality of parabolics isn't that great and my recording opportunities i'd use it for come and go too quickly all the time
>>757565>>757567>>757569>>757571this shit looks like fun!
