Thanks Jim, I agree all the way.
On a subjective level, I often experience that the recording looses
"life" when filtered. But that depends on the recording as a whole:
The "cleaner" the recording is, the more "solo" the bird is singing,
without background and ambience - the more you can filter it.
Klas.
At 21:42 2007-06-02, you wrote:
>Not a dumb question Steve, but in my opinion a rather complex one.
>As you know the Telinga parabola as well as others tend to amplify
>the higher frequencies more than the low. This tends to compensate
>for the natural attenuation of higher frequency sounds that increase
>with the distance from the source to the mic. So the bird or
>whatever sounds closer than it really is.
>
>On close recordings I often point the parabola slightly away from
>the sound source thus reducing the high frequency amplification. I
>have also on rare occasions reduced the high frequency amplitude to
>get a more natural sounding recording. One particular case that
>comes to mind was a recording of a Western Meadowlark at about 15-20
>feet. As you can imagine it came out rather shrill but reducing the
>higher frequency amplitude gave me a recording that was pleasing to my ear=
s.
>
>So I think it all depends on what sounds good to you and or what
>effect you are trying to achieve.
>
>Jim
>
>Jim Morgan
>Prescott, Arizona USA
>http://www.wingsofnature.com
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