Hello--
I don't believe its over mod. It can happen with one critter on both
DAT and MD and is of course more evident with multiple singers.
Marty, any chance those saturated, hi, Hz's could cause some sort of
phasing distortion? Veljo, I assume you're not getting this
distortion, what medium do you record onto? Thanks! Rob D.
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>Hi Sami!
>
>Greetings from Estonia!
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>I have recorded grasshoppers and bush crickets several years for an
>internet project. There are those big and loud bush crickets which I
>have recorded with cardioid mics (AT 4041 - very nice high tone, but
>too much hiss) from several meters away. But then there are smaller
>bush crickets (Conocephalus dorsalis - I think this species must live
>in Finland also) and grasshoppers which need either shotgun, parabola
>or close recording. Most of them sing in the grass and you can't get
>close enough with cardioid (without touching the grass). And they are
>mostly very easely frightened, so you can't get close anyway. I have
>practiced passive recording - put the mic in the grass (where some
>grasshoppers are around) and waited. Once there was a strange
>grasshopper who (which?) couldn't resist chewing the foam cover of
>the microphone. The loud sound :) of its mouthparts ruined the
>recording. I tried to chase away this guy, but it returned again and
>again. What a good-tasting foam it must be...
>
>Veljo Runnel
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>from Estonia
>
>http://www.loodusheli.ee
>http://www.elfond.ee
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>> recording grasshoppers and their relatives? Do you suggest some other
>> microphone? Grasshoppers are recorded from close distances compared to other
>> animals.
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>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Sami Karjalainen
>> Finland
>> http://dragonflies.korento.net
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