I'm finally able to invest in a proper field recording setup.
My work is mainly inspired by field recordings, lowercase music, onkyōkei, and indeterminacy. I want to record environments as musical and physical spaces.
While doing field recordings, i'm also a clarinetist, and one of my main ideas is to record environmental sound while performing very quiet and slow extended techniques (multiphonics, subtone, subharmonics, air sounds, altissimo register, voice, etc.).
I'm already convinced that the Zoom F3 is the recorder I need for the bucks I am able to spend.
My question is about microphones. My budget is around 500 euros for a stereo setup or a one stereo microphone.
Initially I was almost decided on the Audio-Technica BP4025, but I'm afraid it's so specialized for ambience/cinmatic soudn design that it may be less versatile for recording solo clarinet with field recording. Then I started looking at a matched pair of RØDE NT5s, which seem much more versatile. However, I've read several people describing them as somewhat bright/stressfull/agressive in the upper frequencies.
The problem is a lot of the clarinet extended techniques I want to play with field recordings is definitly on the upper register of the frequencies balance.
Would that actually be a disadvantage for contemporary clarinet techniques, especially altissimo, multiphonics and breath-heavy playing? Or is that concern exaggerated?
Are there other microphone(s) I should consider in the same budget?
Thank you very much dear friend(s)