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Re: Bad sound

Subject: Re: Bad sound
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:48:33 -0800
>Here is an obvious sound but recorded in a very unusual way. Any guesses a=
s
>to where this sound came from? It is something that a nature recorder woul=
d
>want to avoid. And it's not from a radio.

It's rectified, that's the distortion. Typical "crystal radio"
reception that comes from a bad connection, or from an overwhelming
radio-frequency signal driving electronics in a way that's not
expected, like from the speaker cable into the amp.

-Dan Dugan


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