Thanks for all the advice. I contact AT and they still have the cables. In= case anyone is looking here are the part numbers: AT822 037003060 MIC CABLE ASSEMBLY $35.48 You can order by sending money
Sorry to be so late getting into this discussion; I posted some on this darn mic, I think over a year ago. I bought an AT822 five+ years ago and it is so noisy I have never been able to find a natura
All: There are no normalized attention paid to noise floor and low SPL, like wildlife sounds. The best measurement is dbA, or CCIR, but many manufacturers try to mislead users by noting the "sensitiv
Walter, Do microphone manufacturers ever already have (or perhaps be willing to provide as "typical" data) test data for mics at low SPLs? I guess what's really important would be frequency response
Rudy, Thanks for the comments. This sounds like an easy way for me reference comparisons going forward. Normalizing makes sense to me. Otherwise, the individual gains of each mic would make it diffic
I did a three-way comparison with the AT825 (the balanced version of the same mic), a Shure VP88 and a pair of Schopes with CMC-6 multipattern capsules. The AT was the noisiest, followed by the VP88.
Hi Brian-- I used an AT822 for several years and concur with Walter's figures and with what you describe. It's probably too noisy for low level sounds and not without considerable muddiness in the lo
Your experience is similar to what I've found my Sony MS 957's can do. They have a fairly decent noise floor, but the reach is not that great. I figure them at 50' or less for good stuff. And for qui
cable or windscreen. I would really appreciate any recommendations for a c= able to interface it to my Olympus LS-10 and a decent windscreen for it as = well. Jim, The cable you need is a 5 pin XLR
Does anyone have any experience with the Audio Technica AT822 stereo condenser mic? How does it stack up against other mics in terms of background noise? It's the only mic I own and I don't really ha
Hi Jim,=0D $10,74 is ridiculously cheap! You'd be hard pushed to buy the parts for tha= t cost in the UK. And on the other side of the coin I'd think twice about t= hat windscreen. 'Fit all' items ar
Wow Rob, Thanks so much for the thorough reply, with loads of useful information. I = wasn't even aware of the Rode VSM. Man this group is great!! You also mention that after a few years of field use
Directivity is not a large component if any. This is one of the points about a shotgun mic, it's directivity is much better than a regular mic, but it's reach is not much different. It cuts off the s
I don't know that the sensitivity or the frequency response are any different at low levels for any mike. Of course there's the point where the noise mike and/or preamp noise masks the stimulus, but
I've had to learn breathing control even with the Telinga. When recording in quiet situations I have to be careful to stay directly behind the reflector and breathe quietly and smoothly. Out with Lan
If they have such data it's unlikely you would be able to get it. There are some standards for mic testing, and if you read through all that stuff you may get some more insight into the numbers the m
This is a important point, our expectations somewhat dictate what mics we should choose. Good recordings can be had with very low end gear if our expectations of "good" are appropriate to the equipme
I have been using an AT822 for a little short of two years now as my first and only mic. I have mostly recorded natural soundscapes in Connecticut - amphibians, insects, birds, water, etc. Successful
Ken and Jack, The AT822 is a great mic for field recording and my audio library is filled with great recordings from this mic. I'm using my current arsenal as a means to upgrade to professional equip
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