> MS is directional, so aiming from a high position can help too.
> Think of your callers as actors on a stage. You just have to identify
> the stage and move your mic to the appropriate place to record that
stage.
True. I took a recording from a small wetland created by a beaver dam
in Danby yesterday and noticed exactly this. Mic directionality on the
"stage" does greatly affects the the prominence of the actors in the
recording.
The figure 8 mic picks up alot ambient sound, not matter how
directional I get with the mid. So the main sound offenders I hear in
the figure 8 mic are 1) airplanes (crap those things are disruptive -
and for such a long time), 2) cars (a minor ) and 3) lawnmowers and
other assorted motors. I was actually quite surprised at how easily
the mics could pick up these offenders, even when my ears could barely
detect them. When capturing the entire sound scene, this sucks.
Although I could argue that the machines are also part of the sound
scene...
> Note after about 2 AM man made noises are less. Even more true with the
> higher gas prices. And early darkness there may be a increase in noise
> as many now work until dark and then go home or shopping. Not all frogs
> cooperate by calling late, but some do.
I find this a little sad. The scenes at dusk are much different than
those at 2am, even though our anuran actors are still on stage (loving
that analogy). At dusk, other animals, like people, are wrapping up
the business of the day and they are all out. Capturing this without
human and machine sounds, especially in the North-East of North
America seems to be a huge challenge.
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