At 09:34 2003-10-04 -0000, you wrote:
>Hello Naturecordists, and thank you Doug, for making arrangements
>for me to come on board.
>
>I've been lurking on the side of this group for about 6 weeks. I've
>been reading through the archived messages of the group - and
>wondering which way to go. I've followed the arguments about MD vs
>DAT and decided to go with cassette!
no, please, both DAT and MD outclasses the performence of a cassette record=
er!
I've tried to access an
>Australian supplier of satellite antenna parabolas with no luck. I
>did send a message to Klas at Telinga but to date have not received
>a reply.
Havn't seen it. I recieve about 100 spam every day and I'm sure I
accidentally delete also mails I want. Please get back to me.
My opinion: Start with a parabol and a pair of omnis (AB stereo) before you
get a shotgun.
Klas.
Anyway, I thought I should start with a shotgun mike to
>learn the tricks. I'll look a little less suspicious with it, until
>people get used to my antics!
>
>My interest in recording was sparked by the lovely little White
>Plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus) which is both
>prolific in numbers and in song here in Alice Springs, Central
>Australia. The male birds have a pre-dawn call which began to
>intrigue me only recently. Previously its alarm clock timing had
>only served to annoy. I searched the web and found some
>ornithological references to recordings of the pre-dawn call of this
>pretty little fellow and now - here I am. Unfortunately, I have
>not recorded more than 30 seconds worth of birdsong to date. My ex-
>reporter ex-wife loaned me her old Marantz Superscope C207LP but
>it's mechanical days are over. Syd Curtis mentioned that same model
>in a post to the Group in Message 1199. If anybody knows where I
>can find information on how to safely pull a C207 apart I would
>appreciate a pointer to it. I can get the case open, but haven't
>ventured further as I have a batting average of 50% - it's either
>fixed or broken. The VU meter is jammed and the machine won't fast
>forward or rewind. However, it continues to record and playback.=20
>My initial efforts with a dynamic uni-directional mike with stiff
>cable leave much to be desired.=20
>
>Anyway I plan to get recording as soon as the gear I ordered over
>the web arrives. In the mail is a Marantz PMD222, an AT815b shotgun
>mike, and a pair of Sennheiser HD-SP monitor headphones. These are
>being sent by the folk at the "B&H Photo Video Pro-Audio" store in
>New York City. I decided on that suite of equipment by looking at
>Stith Recording's equipment "packages" which I got onto via the
>Cornell web site. I thought I should start slowly as it takes $1.46
>Australian to buy $1 US. The Sennheiser phones aren't in the
>cheapest Stith package, AKG phones are. However, the B&H website
>says that AKG can't be sent internationally. I am wondering if AKG
>phones can be incorporated into WMD?
>
>So....I'm 55, a medical doctor currently working in General
>Practice. I began my medical life as the first ever Intern at the
>Alice Springs Hospital in 1978. I have previously held positions
>here as an Emergency Physician, Flying Doctor and Aboriginal
>Community District Medical Officer.=20
>
>My recent interests include gliding sailplanes; 4WD trekking in the
>Simpson Desert in my LandRover - binoculars ever ready for the
>elusive Eyrean Grass Wren; GPS games in the glider and in the 4WD
>with GPS connected to Laptop Computer; Messing with computers =96 ie
>surfing the web;Commuting on my mountain bike - blood pressure still
>high but weight coming down; Fluorescent light technology =96 for the
>front of the bike; and now...bird calls. I used to be a ham radio
>buff =96 I'm VK8KMD. When much younger I spent a year at High School
>in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania graduating in the Class of 1965.
>
>Having come this far (?) I'm wondering how I get birdsong from the
>tape onto a CD? I have Windows XP home on a Laptop with 1.2Gig
>Celeron and 256K RAM. It has a CD burner. The computer has a mike
>input and a sound card of indeterminate nature.=20
>
>At present I'm not keen on parting with $(1.46 x 299) Australian
>Dollars to get Adobe Audition. I have seen references to shareware
>audio editing software in the Group's posts and am wondering if
>there is a `top of the pops'? Alternatively, in an effort to tidy
>things up, I guess I can use the ex's Marantz C207 on playback and
>dub to the PMD222. (That still doesn't get the White Plumed
>Honeyeater onto CD!) I am assuming that the PMD has variable speed,
>so another beginners question is: how does one standardize speed
>using such a setup?
>
>Well, that should do as an intro. I'm very much looking forward to
>getting some decent recordings that I can play in my office, and I'm
>also looking forward to communicating with the Group.
>
>I can't believe this but that bird just made another call and it is
>way past dusk. That's the first time I have heard that.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Greg
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