I appreciate what you're saying, Dan, but there is some grace and
elegance in a DIY approach, too. And sometimes making your own gear
is a necessity. And sometimes those experiments have yielded some of
the richest sounds and inspiration.
As a professional, I do believe in getting and using the best
equipment I can - but at times in my life when I've had no money, I
needed to keep going. And knowing how to make my own, and do for
myself, has been as helpful as gear reviews of the best and brightest.
I'd like to keep an eye and ear on both worlds, myself.
My two cents.
- H
Heather Perkins
Sound Designer - Composer - Mad Scientist
WaterDog Studio & Land-O-Newts! Records
Sadly, the word "onomatopoeia" is devoid of it.
On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:55 PM, Dan Dugan wrote:
> >you can put together a small speaker using corrugated cardboard.
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> Please! Is your approach to selecting a nature recording microphone
> to use the cheapest one? The art and craft of speaker engineering has
> made great advances in recent years. You can get amazingly good
> quality out of reasonably economical speakers. If you size your
> system to the room, your audience will enjoy your presentation.
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> -Dan Dugan
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