> From: Rob Danielson <>
Subject: Rode NT1-A's Night Sequence At 3:50 PM -0400 7/18/05, Walter
Knapp wrote:
>
>>>I certainly enjoy longer recordings, but, unfortunately, the sort of
>>>internet connection I have limits my ability to get them down.
>>>
>>>The connection was doing good today, so it only took a little over two
>>>hours to get down the short version.
>
>
> with a phone connect? gosh I hope not dsl or cable. It loads in real
> time for me. I can play it immeadiately as soom as its in the
> browser so we're in two worlds,..sorry about that.
DSL is several miles short of reaching my place, cable could not be
bothered with coming down my road. The is a 56K modem on the regular
phone line. Obviously not getting 56K either.
My wife has high speed at work. When I was at my parent's place, they
have high speed. Yes, it's quite different.
>>>I noticed something and would like to know it's source. Near the middle
>>>of the clip there are quite a few short pops. In addition, throughout
>>>the recording I notice a faint background crackle. The pops are
>>>particularly noticeable between 3 & 4 minutes in the short clip.
>>>its dripping water from the trees ,most all night long.
>>>Are either of these associated with just one mic in the original
>>>undecoded M/S recording?
>
>
> X-Y, rodes are wide cardioid, this set-up spread 12' angled at 90 degrees=
,
Sorry, I thought this was M/S somehow. Too many things going on.
>>>About all that I can think of natural for the
>>>pops would be small raindrops
> You got it. dripping water from the trees , most all night long.
Ok for that sound.
>>>. I'm wondering, therefore, if they are
>>>something from the equipment as I don't remember rain being reported.
>>>
>>>The background crackle sounds suspiciously like the sound of the self
>>>noise of the mics. Is this the case for either of them? Or is it
>>>something in the processing?
>
>
> Its the water on the leaves, the "plops." To hear break-up due to
> moisture go to the last 1/4 and listen around 300 Hz to the right
> channel. That's the rode givng up after ~8 hours in the humidity.
Nope, I can tell that difference, I'm not talking about the various
water sounds. It was the sound you identify as moisture effects on the
mic. I can hear it throughout the 7 minutes, and in both channels.
Watching by sonogram confirms that, though each mic has it's own
distinctive pattern. It's there throughout the recording. The area you
pointed out is just the loudest area. Is the entire 7 minute clip from
near the 8 hour mark?
Note I've played the clip with several different mp3 interpreters now.
In some it's clearly a crackle, in others it's more smooth, in some it
sounds like a distant freeway sound.
>>>Frogs: Pickerel, Green, Spring Peepers, American Toad, and the double
>>>chromosome "common" gray treefrog.
>
>
> Hey! I got em. You and your CD taught me well.
>
Just remember my CD is Georgia, and there will be differences up there.
For instance we don't have that species of gray treefrog...
Walt
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