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Re: Spring in Maryland, US

Subject: Re: Spring in Maryland, US
From: "Klas Strandberg" klasstrandberg
Date: Tue May 8, 2007 8:53 am ((PDT))
Strange: This time I didn't hear any balance problems.
Lets presume something was temporarily wrong with my headphone
connection... or whatever temporarily.

I cannot find a way to tell Explorer to open a mp3 file with any
special program.
I cannot right click on the url and "save target as" or likewise.
I cannot ask Media Player to save the file unless "copy to CD".
Or?

Klas.

At 16:25 2007-05-08, you wrote:
>Thanks everyone for your compliments!
>
>Rob,
>After consulting my Stokes CD (thanks Lang!) I think you are right
>that the trilly, drippy call is that of the brown-headed cowbird.
>
>The recording I posted is a stereo recording, the two channels were
>simply extracted from the quad recording, no mixing involved.  A low
>frequency rolloff and a little off the top so get rid of a some "air".
>The DPA 4006 mics were spaced at about 1 meter.
>Signal chain: DPA mics > Grace LunatecV3 >(digi)> SD744.
>The Grace was wide open.
>All personal preferences.
>
>The other two channels in the quad setup that were not represented
>here was an M-S pair of Schoeps.
>
>Klas,
>I didn't spend a lot of time trying to balance the recording, it is
>presented "as is", an ambient recording.  It is easier for me to
>balance a stereo recording in the field than a quad mic array, in this
>case the gregga array
>(http://www.gregweddig.net/images/gregga_array.jpg) in short, a mic
>mount I build for four mics.  This photo is from 2004, not my
>recording the other morning.
>
>As far as downloading the recording, you can tell your web browser to
>use whatever program you like to open the MP3 files, with Firefox it's
>under Tools/Options.../Content/File Types..., then select MP3 and
>choose what program you would like to open the files.  Easier yet
>right click on the link, select "save file as" and download.
>
>No scientific reasons here other than personal experimentation, my
>omni's don't seem to get out as much as other mics in the it so I
>decided to give them a chance, I was very pleased.
>
>--greg weddig
>Baltimore, MD
>http://www.gregweddig.net
>
>--- In  Rob Danielson <> wrote:
> >
> > At 3:32 AM +0000 5/8/07, Greg Weddig wrote:
> > >This was recorded at the Prettyboy reservoir this past Saturday at
> > >6:40 am.  Danny Meltzer and I were on an outing of the Maryland Nature
> > >Recordists.  There are some Blue Jays, Red Bellied Woodpecker and a
> > >trilly, drippy sounding bird that I'm not familiar with...
> > >A-B stereo recording (spaced omni) DPA 4006, Lunatec V3, SD 744t,
> > >excerpt from a quad recording.
> > >
> > >Enjoy:
> > >
> > >Location
> > >http://tinyurl.com/2ktb9l
> > >
> > >Soundfile:
> > >http://gregweddig.net/prettyboy_excerpt.mp3
> > >
> > >--greg weddig
> > >Baltimore, MD
> > >http://www.gregweddig.net
> > >
> >
> > Hi Greg-- I believe the watery call is a brown-headed cowbird. Does
> > she/he move to the right side or is there another individual? The
> > rate of calling is quite frequent.
> >
> > Its fun to catch a snatch of the 4006's in A/B too.  With or without
> > a divider?  Is the spread around 13 inches? Mind sharing how are you
> > using the 4006's in a quad array? Rob D.
> >
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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