So do we record 16 or 24 ;^)
Bad joke...no tomatoes please!!!!!
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On 5/27/07, wildlifeanalysis <> wrote:
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> > MS is directional, so aiming from a high position can help too.
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> 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...
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> > 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.
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> 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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