Hi Tom,
I liked all three recordings very much =96 thanks for sharing them. Are
you saying the third recording was made with with the lightweight
triple barrier or with the NT-4?
John Hartog
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> --- In "tk7859" <g0sbw@> wrote:
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> > It was whilst doing this pedestrian mobile (/PM) operating that I had
> > my nature recording epiphany. I was using an MZ-R30 to record my QSOs
> > and hot having had too many that particular day I was making my way
> > back home with the recorder running. A flock of Brent Geese
> > approached and flew directly overhad to roost on the salt marsh 300
> > yards away.
> >
> > Back home, when I listened to the disc, I was hooked.
>
>
> Hi All
>
> I've just found the recording of this. it is at
>
> http://ad2004.hku.nl/naturesound/TomR/Ist%20Fly%20Over.mp3
>
> It was made with an MZ-R30 (Atrac recording) with a Vivanco EM216 tie
> clip stereo mic. For comparison the following recording
>
> http://ad2004.hku.nl/naturesound/TomR/GeesemHomecomingTriple.mp3
>
> was made yesterday with the lightweight triple barrier. This is,
> maybe, not as exciting (there was no overhead fly past) but it is
> interesting nevertheless. In this recording the Brent Geese are heard
> approaching from the south-east (left on the recording).
>
> Interestingly their calls are louder after they settled on the salt
> marsh (about one half a mile in front of the mic). Sory about the
> throbbing of the fishing vessel returning home at the same time (about
> 30 minutes after sunset). The operating conditions for this recording
> were mic sensitivity =3D high, manual mic volume set to 20. Maybe it
> should have been set higher?.
>
> For comparison here is a recording made, with the same mic, at the end
> of the tests comparing the triple with the NT4 (reported on earlier).
> The mic settings are identical.
>
> http://ad2004.hku.nl/naturesound/TomR/finalsnippitmp3.mp3
>
> In it you hear my footsteps as I walk to the boiler room to switch on
> the water supply to the bird bath fountain. You hear the click of the
> switch followed by the sound of the fountain coming to life. In the
> last 20% of the clip you hear a blackbird taking a shower under the
> fountain. All of these actions were much closer (about 30ft.) than
> the saltmarsh sounds.
>
> This clip sounds good on my HiFi, but, sounds extra-ordinary lifelike
> using headphones - but then I know what I was doing at the time of the
> recording :-)
>
> All very interesting to me - hopefully to some of you. I've still a
> lot to learn re. setting the correct recording levels.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tom Robinson
>
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