Greetings all,
I normally avoid involvement in things like this, but as I was the
person who suggested to the Moderator, way back, that the quote from a Klas
posting be appended, I have some responsibility to make an exception.
Your unfortunate reference (twice), Rich, to " Klas insult" suggests that
you are not aware that it was not Klas's idea to have his words so appended.
You apparently feel the advice to be unnecessary; and there I differ from
you.
This mailing list is (was?) about recording the sounds of nature. Certainly
that warrants some discussion of equipment for doing so, but just how
relevant is it to get the absolute maximum in fidelity under
laboratory/studio conditions, when natural sound in the world at large
changes as soon as it leaves the source? And changes very substantially
once you get any significant distance away, and even more so if there are
any obstacles, trees for example, to reflect/refract sound waves.
There will always be persons just starting out in recording, and they are
unlikely to appreciate in advance just how sound changes with distance. It
is far from immediately obvious, for example, that the higher the
frequencey, the greater the attenuation with distance. For them, Klas's
advice is pertinent.
And it really is quite possible for long-standing Nat/rec subscribers to
train themselves not to notice the appended quote. Personally, I simply
don't have time to read the material below the 'signature' of the sender.
Cheers
Syd
> From: "Rich Peet" <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 01:07:59 -0000
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Group File Hosting Space (was How do you
> post sound fil
>
> what we need at this point is an edit of some of the group screens
> that needs to be done by a moderator. This may not be a good time to
> ask as the birds are flyin.
>
> I would also ask that the Klas insult that tags the bottom of posts be
> removed. Again.
>
> Maybe if Klas requested that this insult be removed it would happen.
> I just am hard pressed to understand that someone who affilitaes with
> natural sound recording would want to be known that it is impossible.
> I am still trying out here.
>
> Yup, am a bit testy tonight.
>
> Rich
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