Good luck with your trip Martyn.
For recording, I do have a suggestion. It is quite noisy along most of the
Platte River due to the proximity of the superhighway I80. I was able to ge=
t
some pretty good recordings of cranes by going upstream to Lewellen (near
Ogallala) and then somehow finding access to the river downstream from
Lewellen, either via Rt. 92 or else via dirt roads on the south side of the
river.
Another possibly excellent recording spot would be downstream from Keystone=
,
which is also near Ogallala. You might have to get permission to cross some
farmer's field, but I think that would be easy. Cranes are very common alon=
g
many sections of the river up near Ogallala.
Lang
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:26:33 2005
Message: 23
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:36:22 -0000
From: "Graham M Smith" <>
Subject: RE: Re: Alternatives to Minidiscs
Thanks for the suggestion, but if you go back to the original post you will
see that I need 20 recording devices, and although not explicit in the post
I need a minimum of 10hrs worth of recording.
I am also not recording from a microphone but directly from the bat detecto=
r
output..
I accept your general points however on the benefits of recording straight
to a portable, but with my seriously disappointing experiences of battery
life on portable, I would be very wary of relying on 8 hrs worth of life.
Graham
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zplazm
> Sent: 25 March 2004 16:49
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Alternatives to Minidiscs
>
>
> --- if I were you I would opt for a laptop solution by purchasing a
> really cheap old reliable make laptop of say 300 or 500 MHz with a
> decent hard drive. As long as it has a USB socket then you'll be
> able to login all sorts of USB microphones that are amplified
> digitally and it will be cleaner and much more flexible than the
> nomads perhaps will have a longer battery time.
>
> I would recommend getting a very old Dell laptop from 2001 that can
> accept two batteries as these can last eight hours even with a 500
> megahertz processor. Then you can record in cool edit pro and as
> long as you have a backpack and have ticked close monitor =3D screen
> off in settings it should work great.a good thing about microphones
> is that they are USB 1.1 should cost 250 on ebay...
>
> > Thanks, thi close monit 128 of RAM or take it s looks like a who's
> good good alternative.
> >
> > Graham
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: oryoki2000
> > > Sent: 24 March 2004 17:50
> > > To:
> > > Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Alternatives to Minidiscs
> > >
> > >
> > > "Graham M Smith" <> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is any one aware of which MP3 juke box type
> > > > devices have a line in, and will record as wav files
> > >
> > > The Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 meets these criteria.
> > > Here's a link on one concert tapers' forum that
> > > regularly discusses the use of the Jukebox 3:
> > > http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3D11
> > >
> > > The Jukebox 3 is frequently offered for sale on EBay.
> > > Creative sells overstocked and refurbished Jukebox 3
> > > models on EBay as well.
> > >
> > > --oryoki
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Microphones are not ears,
> > > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > > A listening room is not nature."
> > > Klas Strandberg
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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A listening room is not nature."
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