Thanks Bernie, the Kelso dune recording really makes me grin. I wonder
if the Raven at 9 and 24 sec. hears and responds to dunesong. How far
apart are the mics?
I'm using your suggestion, Bernie, of buried hydrophones for low
freq's, in one of my current projects: For an installation in Hilo
(the Mauna Kea Astronomy
Education Center, opening Dec 05), a combination of a forest and
cultural exhibit. One scenario is hauling a Koa log down thru the
forest, with chants and commands of native Hawaiian canoe builders,
and native forest birds, to accompany. I already have the bird-song
audio, the human voices we are doing in a studio in Hilo, to be mixed
with the log-hauling sounds, which I am doing here on Kaua'i in quiet
Koke'e, (working at night to avoid unwanted sounds of alien birds).
I'm using a 20 foot, one-ton log to try to produce a passable audio
simulation of a moving 60 foot mega-ton Koa log (There is a lot of
downed Koa here from Hurricane Iniki in '92). I've got a large block-
and-tackle with 150 feet of 6000-lb-test line to move the log down-
slope. Mic'ing is MKH-20's in modified SASS (Thank you Walter)
recording to Portadisc, with parallel buried hydrophones in zip-loc
bags recording to Mzr50.
This is my second attempt--the first one with just the SASS didn't
yield enough low frequency sound--so I'm trying the hydrophones. Hope
this works.
Aloha,
David
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