Re: How would you clean up this file?

["John Hartog" hartogj]

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