Hi Walter,
> Take your recording setup in your hands, all of it, all set up to record
> anytime something calls you want to record. Now walk at least a mile
> cross country through a mixture of brush, forest, ravines, swamps etc.
> Preferably through some rain, drizzle, fog and so on. Now record, though
> you should have also been recording on the way there. If your setup
> cannot be used that way it falls way low in my choices for nature
> recording. We should be discussing portable gear, and that sort of test
> is what I mean by portable.
I am crazy and maybe young (24) enough to lug around my recording kit ,
which consists of a tripod, stereo bar and two full rycote assemblies and a
recorder with a full battery complement. I also am prone to a binaural setup
mounted on my glasses for "On the way there".
> Your second test should be going to one of those tropical stations
> without power and recording for a week or two if you are really hard core.
I use lithium Ion NP-1's (to my knowledge they have the best power/weight
ratio). I am in Australia on a 3 month trip and doing a lot of recording and
my
luggage consisted of 90% equipment and a few clothes for good measure -
hey it's hot in Australia! This time I have made a compromise though, I have
not brought an external preamp with me I am going straight into the DAP-1.
> Any that pass those tests you sort through for the sound quality you
> like. There is lots of studio gear that will beat what's left, but it
> won't beat what's left out there where nature recording is done.
I brought my laptop based studio with me as well so I can still record 24/96...
> Nor is nature recording in a studio, so sound quality that matters is
> what you get while nature recording. Invariably this will be far more a
> function of the site than the gear. And your use of the gear.
With this I totally agree and I am sure that your experience in the field will
enable you to get much better recordings than I might - a relative novice to
the field. But when I do get out there I am happy if I make mistakes, hopefully
I will learn from them, but I am not so forgiving of my equipment.
> Walt
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