I may have heard the same story on Living on Earth a few weeks ago, I
wrote down the name but haven't yet researched it. He may not have
used the phono cartrige.
Damien Aleis
"Laser Doppler Vibrometer"
LOE story link:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=3D07-P13-00034&segmentID=3D=
6
or
http://tinyurl.com/2grwpg
I remember hearing something about a phono cartrige being used in this
story (Radio Expeditions):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3D5424426
or
http://tinyurl.com/2gow8n
Not sure if Flawn Williams was on that one but he may be able to shed
some insight if he was.
--greg weddig
Baltimore, MD
http://gregweddig.net
--- In "Steve Pelikan" <>
wrote:
>
> Hi all ---
>
> I faintly remember reading an article a while back by an entomologist
> who recorded the sounds of thrips, mites, and leafhoppers by attaching
> a phonograph cartridge to a twig on which the bugs were living so that
> the needle touched the bark and then hooking the thing up to a recorder.
>
> Perhaps I also read about this sort of thing here, though the obvious
> searches didn't turn anything up.
>
> Does anyone know of any references to the technique? Or, better, can
> you tell me what circuit to build to connect a phono cartridge to a
> recorder? I'd be happy enough to try it without looking at the
literature.
>
> More generally, I'd be interested in hearing about any small
> transducers or microphones that I could use to record (say) individual
> bugs walking around. Or worms eating their way through soil, which is
> my current goal. I've got a worm bin (where we process all our kitchen
> scraps) to practice on all winter.
>
> NO! It isn't the case that I want to be ready to sell effects (FX?) to
> the next movie based on Dune!
>
> Sorry for always asking such goofy questions here, and thanks very
> much for any info you can provide!
>
> Steve P
>
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