Walter,
re:
>I have been out in a few frog chorus' that were above the pain threshold
>for me. I was glad to put the headphones on to monitor recording. And
the Telinga did not overload.
Thanks for confirming this for me. I have recorded peepers, chorus
and toads that I know were approaching 120dB. The inner ear
distortions become amazing after about 3 minutes. Anyone ever
studied this phenomena?
Rob D.
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>tony baylis wrote:
>>
>> I can't comment on the Rode microphone. However I
>> think Syd and any others out there recording Lyrebirds
>> at the moment might encounter some sounds approaching
>> 148db if they get their mics close enough. Any body
>> know how loud they get?
>
>I'm not sure on Lyrebirds, it's been many years since I heard them in
>the wild. They are loud for at least some notes.
>
>I do carry a sound meter around with me here. And it does not come close
>to 140 on natural sounds. This is well above the threashold of pain.
>
>I do know some frogs have been measured at close to 130 dB at the frog.
>Of course that dies off quite rapidly with distance. There have been
>some interesting studies done on how a frog like that does not go deaf
>from it's own calls as their hearing is as vulnerable as ours.
>
>I have been out in a few frog chorus' that were above the pain threshold
>for me. I was glad to put the headphones on to monitor recording. And
>the Telinga did not overload.
>
>> As the summer/winter solstice has just passed I for
>> one am looking forward to longer days.
>
>Yep I thought about that with that discussion, may be longest day here,
>but for you it's shortest.
>
>Walt
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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