If you have the capability with the three of you please do what you
can to document and determine the why on how the "woo woo's" travel
close to the ground and the direction appears to come from any object
that is low. To my ears it is a very strange example of highly
directional low pitches. One mic at the top of the blind and one on
the ground if matched should prove it.
I hope the "girls" show up to your lek. They make all the difference
in the structure of the combat.
For those wondering about those "woo woo's", they do that as well as
"cluck clucks", "thump thumps", and "bam bams' all at the same time.
Rich
--- In "Martyn Stewart" <>
wrote:
I plan to visit a Prairie Chicken Lek with Kevin Colver and
> John Neville this week in Nebraska, it hasn't escaped my mind but I
don't
> want to swamp the area with cables for the poor buggers to trip over
with
> their performances :-)
>
> I will set up a 4 channel system, I was going to try two back-to-back MS
> systems, I've never tried this before only two back-to-back SASS with 4
> mkh-20's.
>
> Should be good as long as we have chickens :-)
>
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>
> Martyn
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> From:
> On Behalf Of Rob Danielson
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:35 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] Re: Sound Devices 442 Mixer
>
>
>
> At 10:09 PM -0700 3/24/07, Martyn Stewart wrote:
> >It is not just for the 744, I should have stated that, its also for the
> >Nagra Ares P11+.
> >
> >Yes the 744 and the 722 has great MS decoding, the MP2 did too but I
> >foolishly let one of those go a few years ago..
> >
> >Setting 4 channels using the MIXPRE and the 744 in my mind feels a
little
> >unbalanced, I like the idea of using all the level controls on the one
> >machine, has anyone used one?
> >
>
> Hi Martyn--
> SD says its made for use with the 744T so I don't expect you'd find
> the 442's pres a compromise.
> Sorry, I haven't used one. For field use issues, one can stroll
> through the rec arts list comments. They are mostly favorable:
> http://groups.
>
<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies.production.sound/search?hl=
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> Another thought is you could get a 722 for about the same price and
> bulk and have four matching preamps between the two units and then
> have another 2 channels for back-up or a 6 channel recorder when
> needed. The cable orientation between 722 and 744 units might be less
> "painful" too. I know what you mean about simplicity and uniformity
> in the field, but the 722's and 744's gain knobs would line-up
> "pretty." Two very short, mini-xlr cables made with thin lavaliere
> cabling between the 722 to the 744 is hardly noticeable. I've used
> the school's 722 for this purpose; the balanced line to balance line
> connections/circuits are very clean. Rob D.
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