Scott
Take a look at this; I got the idea here a few years ago
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/kalahari/migrating.html
And this
http://www.oldbird.org/index.htm
And this
http://www.oldbird.org/recording_gear.htm
Good tricks of the trade and very effective :)
Martyn
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Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
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Redmond. Washington. USA
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From:
On Behalf Of scottsherk27
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 6:13 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] 24 hourly recordings?
Thanks, Martyn.
I've been looking at my VCR scratching my head trying to figure this
out. I suppose I could go mic to pre to audio in (RCA's) and then
playback the audio out into the analog in of my computer? Worth a
try, but my laptop may be more portable.
Scott
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> I have also used Total recorder, it's a great program, I have had
some good
> results but I used it through a sound devices mixpre using MKH
mics onto a
> laptop.
> I also use a VIDEO recorder to do the same, I use this system to
record
> migrating birds at night, you set the clock on the video recorder
to come
> off and on at various intervals. Great recordings can be made this
way too.
> Now, you can use DVD recorders the same way.
> You need the video/DVD recorders to have Audio in/Out ability.
>
> Martyn
>
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> Martyn Stewart
> Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
> http://www.naturesound.org
> Redmond. Washington. USA
> N47.65543=A0=A0 W121.98428
>
> e-mail:
> Tel: 425-898-0462
>
> Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of scottsherk27
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 6:24 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] 24 hourly recordings?
>
> For the past couple months I have been attempting to record a 24
hour
> cycle-- midnight to midnight-- recording for 1 minute every hour.=20
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.=20
> 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
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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