You are correct I need to make sure everything is mp3 and set a max
file size at about 200kb and I will find a way to post size and
descriptions before download. Sorry about that vicki. I am just
getting my feet wet in Html files and my review of these is lacking
right now. I just figured out how to resize photos to be smaller so
I won't do that to you again either. I also plan to make the entire
site available on a CD at a nominal price.
I am interested about the free usage feedback from this group. I have
not decided yet on site advertising for the recording support
businesses yet (ie some of you people). If I went with advertising I
also have to find a new server. For that matter the jury is still
out for at least a month on if I will launch this site at all as I do
not wish to do an injustice to anyone including myself.
Much of the material I am hoping to generate for this site will be
by rank amateurs that are members of our local bird clubs. Which is
also why I have the interest in inexpensive homemade microphones when
I already own some fine and expensive microphones. Although I could
make a pretty good dent in the species list from my own collection
that really is not the goal. I hope not only to generate interest in
recording birds but also to generate interest within the birding
groups that are avid "listers" to take the time to understand the
birds well enough to get a great recording.
Rich Peet
--- In Vicki Powys <>
wrote:
> Rich and All,
>
> I had a quick look at Rich's new "Orniphonics" birdsong site. It
seems like
> a generous plan to make North American birdsong available free to
all, no
> questions asked as to useage. So I'm wondering how many
contributors will
> be forthcoming? Is there potential here for a commercial rip-off
of these
> recordings?
>
> I also listened to Rich's Ruffed Grouse, a 20 second 1.8 MB
recording (very
> nice too) but it took me 15 minutes to download it, with my
(admittedly
> slow) 28 kbps rural phone connection. There needs to be some
indication of
> the file size and type, before the potential listener clicks
the "play"
> button. I take it the WAV files are uncompressed? Would it be
better to
> use good quality MP3 recordings to reduce the file size?
>
> This isn't a site where I would be browsing, as the file sizes are
too big
> for me to quickly download. But the general idea is a good one.
Good luck
> with it Rich.
>
>
> Vicki Powys
> Australia
>
>
>
>
>
> on 27/12/02 11:21 AM, Rich Peet <> at
> wrote:
>
> > Well, the time has come for me to grow up.
> > I am going to spend some time to build something for the whole.
> > I really want input before launch of a local collaboration.
> >
> > Please look at the link and the ideas behind it and comment.
> > I will be working behind the site to build people to contribute.
> > I will add all my resources and stuff to encourage others to work
> > toward this goal.
> >
> > This is not an active site yet and I am looking for input on if
the
> > concept is good and complete.
> >
> > Please give feedback off or on line. I want to hear before I go
with
> > groups that want to help.
> >
> > I still will add a page about my distaste for callback and wish
for
> > it never to be used. I will also add something more to encourage
the
> > newbies.
> >
> > Please comment on:
> > http://www.orniphonics.org
> >
> >
> > Rich Peet
> >
> >
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:23:08 2005
Message: 7
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 19:15:20 -0800
From: Charles Bragg <>
Subject: Re: Frogs
At 03:46 PM 12/29/2002 -0500, Walter Knapp wrote:
>I'm really rusty on the frogs out there.
What a straight line for me. I am getting into nature recording and the
immediate cause was listening to some peculiar frogs in Venezuela. After a
little warming up, they would synchronize (like fireflies) and all make a 2-3
second call that slid down in pitch about a major third. You could swear that
you were hearing cars rounding the second turn at Indianapolis, except that the
oval would be about a mile away. We called them Doppler Frogs, and the point of
all this is to ask if anyone knows what their real name is. I never saw them.
Habitat - water-soaked cattle grazing land in east-central VZ.
Now I'm buying mikes and MDs so the next time I hear something like
that I can bring it back for others.
-- Chuck
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Chuck Bragg, Pacific Palisades, CA
Membership Chair
Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society:
http://smbas.cjb.net
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