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Re: Wildlife Recording Epiphany

Subject: Re: Wildlife Recording Epiphany
From: "Suzanne Williams" scw1217
Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 7:35 am ((PST))
I enjoyed those immensely, Tom.

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Suzanne
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA

"Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she
displayed her ingenuity and industry in a variety of flowers and
fruits, beautifully coloured, elegantly shaped, and charmingly
flavoured; and we were diverted with innumerable animals presenting
themselves perpetually to our view." - Daniel Boone, Kentucky, 1769



> 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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