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 seems to 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:
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>"John Hartog" <>
>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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