--- In "Brian Dasilva"
<> wrote:
> A LM3916... you bet... with the bright green leds... (or to cheapen
out and
> use one of the pre constructed bars) either way I see it as an
answer for a
> front end to my new neuros. (and for the big dishes) . Speaking of
which..
> what do see as a price for the porabola with the handle and the mic
mount to
> the masses? ( leave room for profit)
>
> [Brian Dasilva]
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Peet
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:11 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] sitting around watching the corn
grow
>
>
> Yes I have built around this chip. I did not look but recall
making
> a reference to it within the first 5 posts I ever made to this
> group. I have been looking for my extras in the bottom of a
drawer
> to play more now that I have some equipment worth comparing it to.
> When I ordered them last there was a $25 or $50 minimum. The chip
> does play well and don't think for a min that the pro equipment
does
> not center around large scale inexspensive chips.
>
> The down side of the chip is that you need two 9volt batteries
for it
> to fly in its simple setup. You can get by without the in line
caps
> if you trust yourself and others never to hit the phantom power
> switch.
>
> I have only used it in unbalanced configuration. It did not
occur to
> me that the reference pin could be considered a - to use as a
> balanced output. I still have not thought that out to convince
> myself that it would work that way.
>
> I found it better not to use a pot for the gain but instead
cascade
> metal film resisters with on/off switches for a limited number of
> gain settings.
>
> As soon as you make the plung to have a box big enough for two 9v
> batteries than you will easily decide that you need the LM3916 in
> that box too.
>
> For your application you also need to run a drawing by an
engineer to
> determine if you have enough static protection. I am not good
enough
> to advise on that but can tell you I just ran the normal two caps
> across the battery for rf protection and ignored the rest.
>
> Rich Peet
>
> --- In "Brian Dasilva"
> <> wrote:
> > while you listen to the endangered corn grow... let me pick your
> brain. Have
> > you had any dealings with the SSM2019 Audio Preamp on a chip...
How
> little
> > do you need?? The resistors for the mic power.. DC blocking
> caps... The IC
> > with a couple filter caps and a pot.... connectors and two 9V
> batterys
> > (+/-)... Viola' ... ready for any unbalanced line in. (?)=20=20=20
Brian
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rich Peet
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:41 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] sitting around watching the
corn
> grow
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --- 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
> > > P. O. Box 536
> > > Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
> > > Tel: (707) 996-6677
> > > Fax: (707) 996-0280
> > > http://www.wildsanctuary.com
> >
> >
> >
> > "Microphones are not ears,
> > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > A listening room is not nature."
> > Klas Strandberg
> >
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