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Re: Elephant sound recording

Subject: Re: Elephant sound recording
From: "ortfmic" ortfmic
Date: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:00 am ((PST))
--- In  "Pratap Singh"
<> wrote:

Pratap,

Will these recordings be availble for listening? I'm interested in
hearing them.

Regards,
Tom


>
> Thanks to all who have given suggestion on elephant sound recording. My
> friend wants to record sound for the purpose of documentation of
different
> elephant vocalizations and also to use vocalizations for prevention of =

> elephant damage to life and property. The budget for the equipment
is about
> USD 3000.
>
> Best Wishes
> Pratap Singh
>
>
> >From: 
> >Reply-To: "No Reply"<>
> >To: 
> >Subject: [Nature Recordists] Digest Number 2378
> >Date: 9 Jan 2007 18:10:34 -0000
> >
> >There are 2 messages in this issue.
> >
> >Topics in this digest:
> >
> >1. Re: equipment for elephant sound recording
> >     From: Walter Knapp
> >
> >2. Noiselevel on Sony MZ-RH1
> >     From: sveinung_nygaard
> >
> >
> >Messages
>
>________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >1. Re: equipment for elephant sound recording
> >     Posted by: "Walter Knapp"  waltknapp
> >     Date: Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:48 am ((PST))
> >
> >Posted by: "Rich Peet"
> >
> > > I wouldn't recommend following that equipment list recommendation by
> > > Cornell.  I suspect this is either obsolete info or written by an
> > > obsolete person.
> > > Using their custom recorders that can not be adjusted in the field?
> > > obsolete and noisey Earthworks mics? and obsolete SD mic preamps?
> >
> >I would agree on most of their list, but the SD MP2 is a good
preamp. It
> >was always a mystery why SD discontinued it. Especially in the face of
> >increased popularity of M/S recording as it's equipped with a M/S
> >decoder system while what they left in their lineup in the same price
> >range is not.
> >
> >Cornell's current recording units are useless for us, not
available. And
> >more complex than necessary.
> >
> >Walt
> >
> >
> >Messages in this topic (10)
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >2. Noiselevel on Sony MZ-RH1
> >     Posted by: "sveinung_nygaard" 
> >sveinung_nygaard
> >     Date: Tue Jan 9, 2007 10:10 am ((PST))
> >
> >Hi!
> >
> >I might be mistaken, but it seems to me that the mic pre on the
Sony MZ-RH1
> >is very noise. If
> >anybody cold lead me on the right track I would be very thankful. I
have
> >one of these
> >recorders, and I tried comparing it to the preamp on my MOTU 828
mk2, and
> >the mic pre on
> >the sony recorder has a lot of high frequency noice on it. I used a
Neuman
> >TLM103 with
> >phantom from a ART2 box. It was all done indoor to check the
noiselevel
> >(very crudely!).  But
> >still?
> >
> >I have read very good things on the forum on the noiselevel of the
RH1, but
> >these simply
> >dont map into my world. -122db sounds very good for a noisefloor,
something
> >far away from
> >what I perceive here.
> >
> >Sveinung
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Messages in this topic (1)
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >
>
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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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