Once at a breezy wooded location, I built a wind blind out of fleece
blankets between three trees. It worked well for the breeze, and kept
the outside insects a nice distance away, however the one fly that
managed to find its way inside was trapped there =96 and not
uncomplainingly.
-John Hartog
-- In Dana Blackmer
<> wrote:
>
> Clay,
>
> I am also interested in how one might decrease insect noise while
> recording, particularly mosquito noises, which most people
experience as
> having it fly right in your ear. It may be "natural," but I seldom
find it
> desirable.
>
> I've thought about the idea of somehow suspending a tent of "no see-em"
> type netting, like they use in tents, around the mics. Wouldn't this
> decrease the volume of the noise by the square of the distance to the
> mics? For instance, if a mosquito flies 6" from the mic to produce a
> certain volume, then the bug-to-mic distance was doubled to 12" due
the the
> netting, wouldn't the volume drop by two times the distance squared
- in
> other words, would it not produce a sound 1/4 as loud?
>
> If so, this may be a way to at least minimize the "get the mosquitos
out of
> my ears" feeling. The trick, it seemsto me, is how to construct and
> suspend a "net blimp" over the mics. I'm sure someone out there has
done
> something similar or better. Maybe they'll enlighten us!
>
> Dana
>
> At 11:08 PM 6/26/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >--- In
>
><naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>=
m,
> >"John Hartog" <hartogj_1999@>
> >wrote:
> > >
> > > Nice recording Dana, thank for sharing.
> > >
> > > Although sounds of insects flying are indeed part of the natural
> > > soundscape, they can easily dominate a recording. I charish the cool
> > > mornings of early Spring with no mosquitoes. One reason I avoid hand
> > > held arrays =96 is for the times I was chowed alive while
attempting to
> > > stand motionless. Insect fly-bys might be fine, but it's not
fine when
> > > they zoom in and fly circles around the microphones. In such cases,
> > > cutting the section between the first approach and the final
exit may
> > > yield a result similar to natural flyby.
> > >
> > > When a mosquito lingers to close to the mic, I usually just slap the
> > > air beside my headphone until it goes away.
> > >
> > > - John Hartog
> > >
> >
> >any other potential solutions for reducing insects at the source?
> >e.g., DEET flavored deadcats?
> >
> >I'm (sorta) kidding,
> >clay
> >
> >
>
>
>
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