I'm in contact with a group who are planning to study New Guinea
Singing Dogs in the high Papua New Guinea mountains. The team will
record in remote villages, where the dogs are domesticated. They will
backpack to even more remote wild areas in the hopes that they can
record vocalizations of free-living groups of dogs.
The group needs:
1. Very small and lightweight recording equipment, since for part of
the trip the gear has to be carried by hand in steep mountain terrain.
2. Equipment that uses battery power sparingly, to minimize the number
of batteries to be carried; there is no generator power available to
recharge.
3. Equipment that will keep on working in very humid and muddy conditions.
4. Gear that is relatively inexpensive because funds are limited; it's
important to take backups for every piece of gear.
My initial thought is to purchase Sony MZ-RH910 Hi-MD recorders and
Sennheiser ME mics, and a parabola if funds permit. Use two ME62s for
ambience, and one in the parabola. Take 3 Hi-MDs just in case
something happens, plus spares of all cables.=20
What would you recommend?
Thanks,
--oryoki
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