Thanks, Bernie.
This is fascinating stuff and from the looks of it beyond my humble
means. I'll email Prof. Gage and see if he has thoughts about a low-
tech version of what he does. Seems like he uses webcams with audio
which is streamed wirelessly to an FTP site. Wow!
Scott
--- In Wild Sanctuary <>
wrote:
> Professor Stuart Gage, Michigan State University Envirosonics Lab,
> has been monitoring 24 hrs/da for months at a time in just the
manner
> you are looking for, Scott. His web site is
http://www.cevl.msu.edu
> Dr. Gage and I headed a 1 year biophony study of Sequoia National
> Park 2001-2002. Although we didn't use that type of protocol, his
has
> been in operation to evaluate the Muskegon Watershed in western
> Michigan.
>
> He has plenty of information on that subject. Also re analysis of
the data.
>
> Bernie
>
> >For the past couple months I have been attempting to record a 24
hour
> >cycle-- midnight to midnight-- recording for 1 minute every
hour. I
> >want to record the changing seasonal soundscape. I didn't do too
well
> >turning on my minidisk every hour, so I tried using my laptop
with an
> >inexpensive program, Total Recorder, that allows for setting a 24
hour
> >schedule. This worked, but the sound is quite primitive, and I
> >suspect my generic sound card. Does anyone have any inexpensive
> >solutions? New soundcard, timer that would somehow interface with
> >Sony minidisk? It's time for my September recording while the
> >crickets are still active. (BTW, I enjoy every aspect of this
list.
> >I even enjoy the ocasional debates about what is appropriate.)
> >Thanks.
> >Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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