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recordist to an unpublished amateur hack.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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