Hi Kevin,
Thanks so much for the concern. I try to calculate and minimise my risk as
much as I can. I guess growing up in tornado alley as I did, you get used to
the danger. Rubber soles and dry ground are required. Call me crazy, but I
can't wait until I get that chance to record a tornado rumbling across the
plains. No wife ;^)
Best,
Mark
On 6/21/05, Kevin Colver <> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> Having experienced the thrill of a lightening strike to the tree I was
> standing next to while recording thunder-lightening, may I suggest an
> alternative method rather than recording a storm out with all sorts of
> electrical wires on the body? Man, I saw blue-white sparkles all over
> those branches! My wife just won't let me do it any more! That despite
> the good life insurance coverage I have.
>
> We need you around for another day, so please set up the equipment and
> then stand clear and lie low until the lightening has passed. :-)
>
> Kevin Colver
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Mark R.
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 6:48 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Psuedo Binaural
>
> Hello Group Members,
> In some recent post concerning canyon frogs, there was some inquiry
> into
> the wonderful sound that was captured by Aaron Ximm. Although I cannot
> speak
> for Aaron's methods, I have some thoughts about the mics used and the
> use of
> the windscreen headband.
> Several years ago, I went on a search for recording gear so that I
> could
> record thunderstorms that are marvelously rich in sound in springtime in
>
> Oklahoma. At that time, I really didn't know what I wanted until I got
> deeper into the search. I ran upon the Sonic Studios site and it linked
> to
> Aaron's Quiet American site. The recordings there were fantastic in
> detail
> and exactly what I had hoped to find. So I purchased several models and
> found that although it looks a little funny to wear the windscreen
> headband,
> it took all of the guesswork of mic placement, because for the most part
>
> what you hear goes onto the recording. Place your head and ears in the
> sweet
> spot and you do your own monitoring with your naked ears. I own some
> in-ear
> binaurals and they sound fantastic *if* you listen on headphones for
> play
> back, but the Sonic windscreens and headband place the mics a little
> forward
> and outward of your ear, and to my ears provides very listenable
> recording
> with both headphones and monitors. I suspect this is why Aaron refers to
> his
> method as quasi or pseudo binaural and the key to it sounding nice on
> almost
> any system.
> Best,
> Mark
>
>
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> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
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