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Re: How to make a nice parabolic recording.

Subject: Re: How to make a nice parabolic recording.
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:05:05 +0200
At 22:52 2003-06-12 -0000, you wrote:
>Hi Klas,
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>OK I understand. And I am relieved to hear their is indeed a learning
>curve. You were right about the listening level ; I had the volume
>pretty high.

Listening at a too high level makes the whole psycho-acoustical world
totally screwed up. If you are to play your recordings at a high volume,
such as film sound for example - It has nothing to do with reality. Such a
sound is more like a sound effect, totally manipulated!

>I guess I need to read some stuff about animal behaviour...

You will!

Klas.
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>Regards, Evert
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>--- In  Klas Strandberg
><> wrote:
>> Hi Evert.
>>
>> Telinga customers usually don't do very good recordings the first
>> season.
>> But during the next, they seem to understand something.
>> On the 3:d season, they do excellent recordings, not all of course,
>> but many.
>>
>> What is it they learn?? I don't know, but I think it has to do with
>> limits, what can be done and what cannot. It has to do with
>> expectations.
>>
>> But most of all it has to do with activity and traffic noise. The
>> more you record, the more probable that you get good recordings.
>> And the more quiet...
>>
>> There is no way to get rid of traffic noise. It is all over the
>> place. The whole sky is full of it. If traffic noise is 40 db below
>> signal, it is clearly audible.
>>
>> Important! 90% of all people listen to their recordings at too high
>> volume! If you do that, all recordings you do will make you
>> disappointed. Make a test: While recording, take your headphones on
>> and off and set the playback level at a similar level as reality.
>>
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