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Re: draft procedure for amateur recording in parks, v. 2

Subject: Re: draft procedure for amateur recording in parks, v. 2
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:38:52 -0700
Lou Judson, you wrote,

>If a theoretical court case comes up, would the "70dB" gain stting on a
>Sound Devices 7xx, and known Sony mics, not constitute a legally
>defensible reference?

I think so, though if I were attacking your data I'd want evidence 
that your particular mic had been recently calibrated.

>Small anecdotal moment: Doing the "Curlybark Classroom" location on a
>recent dawn session, a whistle sound I thought was a bird turned out to
>be a chhipmunk taalking at me (directly facing me as though chiding me
>to get out of his living room) which went on for the remainder of the
>session, constantly. It gradually got closer, twitching its tail onm
>each whistle, and as I closed the session it bolddly ran up and
>attacked the furry epaulet windscreens on the shoulders of the sound
>vest I have like yours! Good thing I had hung it on the bench to keep
>my growling tummy noises out of the mics... It was yelling at the furry
>spots...

Neat! I wonder what he thought it was. Take that squirrel along for 
defense when you go to Grizzly country.

>Can we take some of those noisy-talking folks with their screaming kids
>to court someday? At times they are the most annnoying thing in the
>park after the diesel engines... ;-)

Well, you know, for me one of the wonderful things about Muir Woods 
is its accessibility (limited only by parking). I love that the kids 
and grandma in a wheelchair can go into the heart of a redwood forest.


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