How To Record Audio - Parabola 

Excellent video in all respects. The narrator explained everything clearly and the animation of how the sound waves bounce off the curved dish helped me understand how it works. Thank you!

Very nicely explained. What is the recording device that is being used in this video? And would you recommend any brands for the microphone and the recording device?

Very nice Greg. Love the graphics. Wonderfully instructive.

Thank you so much! It's a beautiful video and a very clear explanation.

Very informative. Thanks.

Love the video, excellent job. Great information!

Tested the parabola on willow warblers with an analogue Nagra recorder many years ago. Completelly blew my mind. Today I am struggling with my ZOOM H5. As you say it's not a very convenient thing to carry around if you are backpacking and want to carry photo equipment to. But if you are into bird recordings I cant think of anything better than parabola recordings.

Great video. Yours was the only one on RU-vid that touched on all these points. Thank you so much!

Best app and organization ever.

You are lucky!! Because you have the sennheiser hd25, very good choice

I can understand in which the Direction of His Viewpoints as Well.

Thanks! Stellar explanation of how and why a parabola works, and its benefits and limitations.

At 3:20 you say that any wavelength longer than the dish diameter won't be reflected. I just want to clarify that this is not a sharp cutoff. The gain of the dish is proportional to the (ratio of dish diameter to wavelength) squared. At a wavelength = (Diameter/π), the gain = 1. Quarter that wavelength, the gain = 2, etc. At gains above 20-25 dB, the curve flattens out and produces diminishing returns.

Awesome video. Like to know quality parabolic reflector brands

what is the best material for reflecting sound?

yes, this helps a lot. thank you.

Thanks for the video. Hoping to try one soon.

wow again excellent video. can you please tell mw the which parabolic reflector you used????

Good video. Love the Cornell bird lab :)

thank you for the video! my question: considering that a parabola doesnt reflect waves that aren't perpendicular to the focus, would it then be correct to say that, if you used a parabola in an echo-y room, provided the echoes dont bounce back to a perpendicular position, you would then in theory be able to reject or reduce the amount of echo captured?

so clear, thanks.

amazing, thank you!

Great explanation

Awesome video. Now I want one!

Can you tell me the parabola parameters best for recording thunder

Thanks!!

From what distance does it work?

Awesome video - thank you!

great vid, thanks!

Thanks you very much! It was very usefull!

Very well done video. 👌

very valuable advice

Great video!

I loved your review. Have you done any recording of ocean wave sounds? What kind of microphone are you using on that rig? THanks in advance for your reply.

my boi looks like my teacher without glasses

Thank you:)

where to buy such a device?

Thank you

3:20, Could anyone please explain why sound waves with a wavelength longer than the dish can not be reflected? I thought the sound wave's wavelength does not affect the reflection coefficient.

Which Parabolic Microphone is the best?

Very informative and your explanation was excellent, thank you 🙏👍

1-Larger the bowl/dish the further away you can hear? OR 2-Wider bowl/dish the better the distance?

This is a very good and a concise presentation. Thank you. It's very informative. While watching this, I had an idea...and I suppose others may have thought of it before. But...why not mount the whole system on a tripod with a proper head? I understand the dish is large, but it could be engineered using an arm. Seems to me that just like with a camera, a tripod would lend stability and directionability (did I just make a new word?) to acoustic target acquisition and tracking. Actually, now that my mind is really working, one could pan and tilt the parabolic mic to create a sonic space like a camera uses cinematography to visually create a scene. Then if you had a nice camera with the proper lense, imagine the movie one could make with synchronized visual and audio from telephoto positions. Just a thought.

What do you use to record the sounds from the mic/dish combo?? thanks

I am looking for a microphone to record the sounds of nature on land, sea and birds

Where did you get your parabolic reflector? I cannot seem to find them online with the exception of the PRO models and they are expensive. Suggestions? 3:46

you could compare this to a camera optical zoom vs digital zoom. This is an optical zoom

very intersting, do you think stereo xy mic is good with parabol ?

How to buy this from India?

what kind of mic (pickup pattern) is at the center of the parabola? what are its advantages over the shotgun mics? for a newbie, with a tiny budget, does it present more versatility than a shotgun?

How long distance you can hear others with that?

Can you use this to make movies? how would you sync the sound with your video recording?

what happens when something close interferes with the parabola? I'm not sure it exists but I'm looking for something that only picks up far away and nulls anything closer.

Anyone know what parabolic reflector he's using in this video?

Brother what is the name of the microphone?

Thank you for this great lesson, I have my vintage shotgun, I have violated the directv tos, and I am gonna finally get a clear record of those foxes always having sex down by the creek

Contactin to sound analysis & detection.

Whats is the price of this shotgun ? I need to buy this, where i can buy this product in india ?

Help me please I want the name

i never knew this existed. would this work with a shotgun microphone from a farther than normal distance so I can monitor audio on a budget?

I want microphone to record these things: 1: seawaves , water fall , water dripping 2: river sounds even with fast winds it cancels winds

Does anyone know what parabolic reflector he's using in this video? Does anyone know where I can buy one exactly like it, or very similar to it? Is there a model number for it?

could i reach thirty feet with a $250 parabola? and an ntg1?

I want it use it on the other room..

some parabolic "ears" are $2000! ish . . are there any for $250 ea? to reach twenty feet away? . . how would i mic five people talking . . clearly, without overdubbing?

I find it difficult to communicate because I am translating from Arabic to English

Does this work on android phone ?

whos is here after playing Phasmophobia :P

The FBI / CIA use these devices.

ok. . parabola for $20,000 . . how can you up your smartphone game to $20,OOO. . rob a bank, right?? youtube has many "how to make your own parabolic dishes for "$3O"!!!!

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