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Re: stereo recordings

Subject: Re: stereo recordings
From: "richpeet" <>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:29:16 -0000
Thank you Lang, it means a lot to get a good word from a published 
recordist to an unpublished amateur hack. You are correct that the 
squirrel is a Gray of a diminutive (little critter) race that I have 
not seen before. As small as a Pine Squirrel. Also bird was a 
Northern Flicker, dog was not approached but was over 1/4 mile, and 
sound of walking and wind in trees were 40+ feet away.


--- In  Lang Elliott <> wrote:
> Rich:
> 
> Your mp3 sounds very nice and it has that gentle "openness" typical 
of SASS
> and other omni-binaural techniques. Truly a pleasure to listen to 
over
> headphones.
> 
> What squirrel did you record? Sounds like a Gray Squirrel, but 
maybe it's a
> Fox Squirrel.
> 
> Lang
> 
> > I found on my first attempt that standard 1.5 lb foam rubber was
> > letting too much sound through.  I have switched to 1' X 1', 3.0 
lb
> > foam and placed a 1/2" wood barrier in the center.  I have holes 
for
> > hanging from trees, it sits well on the ground and picnic tables, 
and
> > I will mount a angle iron shortly for a tripod mount. The mics 
that
> > are not visible are 2 Sennheiser ME 62's.
> > 
> > I first recorded with it today and found it to be much better.  I
> > have not done the base run test yet but here is some fun sounds 
with
> > some lost in the mp3 translation.
> > 
> > photo is about a 200 kb download at:
> > http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/proto2.JPG
> > 
> > stereo sound is a 1.7 meg download at:
> > http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/proto2.mp3
> > 
> > PS If you are guessing what the sounds are of I will be glad to e-
> > mail you if you are unsure and want to know.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In  Walter Knapp <> wrote:
> >> richpeet wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> In case anyone noticed that I didn't post the results of the 
foam
> >>> block head stereo baseball field baserun test. The mic failed 
the
> >>> test so I didn't.  I am back to the bench.  It didn't fail 
serious
> >>> but needs work before use.  I will post proto 2 if it works
> > better.
> >> 
> >> You may find that test is very hard on stereo mic setups.
> >> 
> >> Be interesting to see what proto 2 is like.
> >> 
> >> Walt
> >> 
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