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Re: 24 hourly recordings?

Subject: Re: 24 hourly recordings?
From: "scottsherk27" <>
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:40:10 -0000
Thanks.
This could be the ticket.  I notice that oldbird.org suggests using
Hi-Q Recorder http://www.roemersoftware.com/ which records in 48 khz
wave which might address Lou's concerns about Total Recorder.
Scott

--- In  "Martyn Stewart"
<> wrote:
> 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
>
> ****************************************
> 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
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
>
> --- In  "Martyn Stewart"
> <> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > ****************************************
> > 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!
> > *****************************************
> >
> > -----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
> Yahoo! Groups Links




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