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Re: nice sound, walt!

Subject: Re: nice sound, walt!
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 23:59:35 -0500
>Rudy Trubitt wrote:
>>  Nice Sound, Walt!
>>
>>
>>  Last night about 3AM a small thunderstorm moved over us. It was doing
>>  occasional cloud lightning. I recorded with the SASS plugged direct into
>>  the HHb Portadisc (setting of 5). I had the SASS wind cover on to deal
>>  with the breeze, and recorded at the edge of our front porch, just back
>>  from the rain.
>>
>>  The MKH110 mics I use have a frequency response down to 1Hz. I'm sure
>>  they were producing signal at that end that was lower than the Portadisc
>>  could record, most of the energy of the thunder was below 40Hz.
>>
>>  Anyway, I put up a bolt for you. It's a full minute with all the echoes,
>>  be warned, even as a mp3 this is 1.9megs, a long download with a modem.
>>
>>  It's linked off the SASS page:
>>  http://frogrecordist.home.mindspring.com/docs/sass_mkh110.html
>>  or the direct link is here:
>>  http://frogrecordist.home.mindspring.com/Sounds/SASS-2.mp3
>
>Now if I can just subdue the whine that's lurking in that. It does not
>belong. Some sort of interaction through the power supply for the two mics.
>
>Once I get it running right I'm going to have a lot of fun with low sounds.
>
>I've had a goal for several years to do some good recordings of frogs
>calling in the rain and thunder. I've got some semi-nice stuff, but I
>think this setup might get some really good stuff. In the longer
>recording that it was taken from, the rain sounds right too. Only thing
>missing is the heavy vibration you feel.
>
>Walt
>
>

Walt--
The lows seem very packed and accurate, even on 8" woofers-- not 
overly resonant.  The SASS image- thunder directly overhead, crickets 
and rain spreading away on the ground-- is working wonderfully too. 
Thanks for sharing.
Rob D.

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