>I will put your book on my xmas list right below the pair of MKH800
>mics. That should get me the book.
>
>In the mean time I will go visit a corn field and record it with post
>1960's equipment and see how it does. It will be interesting to see
>if there is any ultrasonic components to the sound.
Usually not, Rich. Popping and squeeking from the friction of corn
telescoping will be mainly what you'll hear...assuming that it is
occuring on the particular evening you're recording. Bring insect
repellent.
>
>Thanks for the responses.
>
>Rich
>
>--- In Wild Sanctuary <>
>wrote:
>> Yup. A film crew in Hollywood was trying to get me off the set back
>> in the late 60s and wanted to send me as far away as possible. So I
>> was exiled to Iowa in late July or early August (I forget, now) to
>> record corn growing. It was a hot August night and the corn was
>> telescoping pretty quickly - expanding about an inch (2.5cm) to an
>> inch and a half (over 3 cm) that particular night squeeking and
>> popping as it did so. After a while, it was pretty
>> uninteresting...especially when punctuated by occasional slaps at
>> mosquitoes. More about this can be found on P. 61 of "Wild
>> Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World," my recent
>> book, Rich.
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>> >I was talking this last weekend with a very old farmer. I made the
>> >comment that we were about as productive as a farmer sitting around
>> >watching the corn grow. I was then corrected by the farmer and
>told
>> >that one sits around and listens to the corn grow not watches it.
>> >
>> >In trying to get more information out of a now deaf farmer I only
>was
>> >able to learn that on quiet humid days in early summer you could
>hear
>> >the corn grow.
>> >
>> >Can anyone fill me in with some more specifics? Before I spend a
>> >bunch of time in rural corn fields chasing what I know nothing
>about?
>> >
>> >Rich Peet
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >"Microphones are not ears,
>> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> >A listening room is not nature."
>> >Klas Strandberg
>> >Yahoo! Groups Links
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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>> P. O. Box 536
>> Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
>> Tel: (707) 996-6677
>> Fax: (707) 996-0280
>> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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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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P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
Tel: (707) 996-6677
Fax: (707) 996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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