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.
Thanks for the responses.
Rich
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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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