Hmmm. Thanks Danny and Kevin. These Sony units are very attractive for our
purposes. We are planning to package 1 or 2 sets of equipment to send around
to park and refuge managers, who will then obtain recordings from targeted
habitats. If these units (especially the PCM D50) can acquire half decent
recordings, then we can purchase more units and increase our coverage
significantly. The small size also would be much easier to ship than the big
CZM microphones and Marantz recorder. I also will try to contact Tony for his
advice.
Thanks very much,
Bob
From:
On Behalf Of Danny Meltzer
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:34 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Advice needed - bird chorus recordings
Or the PCM D50...save $1000!
Group member Tony Celis is doing research into precisely this
subject...comparing what information can be absorbed through recordngs
as compared to live point counts. He'd be worth speaking to with
regards to the finer points of species identification.
Danny
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Kevin Colver <> wrote:
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> Along the line of a compact recorder/mic system, what does the group
> think of the Sony PCM-D1 2 channel recorder? (Sorry in advance if
> it's already been hashed over.)
> Kevin Colver
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> Sony PCM-D1 - Portable 2-Channel Field Recorder
> On Apr 22, 2008, at 9:05 PM, hower1952 wrote:
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> > I just joined this afternoon and look forward to learning from the
> > recording experiences of this wonderful group. I'm a bird ecologist
> > at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where we're developing a
> > web site to help test and improve the expertise of bird field
> > investigators - both hired workers and volunteers. We haven't
> > completed the audio portion yet, but here's a link to the main site:
> > http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/certification/index-1.htm. (The test
> > recordings are old mono clips - not the ones we will be using for
> > the "real" tests.) This summer we'll be collecting ambient multi-
> > directional bird recordings from a variety of locations, including
> > national parks and wildlife refuges in the eastern U.S. I've acquired
> > fairly good stereo recordings in the past using two CZM microphones
> > from River Forks Technology and a Marantz PMD 670 digital recorder.
> > The 2 microphones cost about $2,400 (for the pair). I'm wondering
> > if we couldn't get comparable recordings for lower price. Do any of
> > you have advice? The recordings need to pick up representative
> > samples of bird choruses, comparable to the sounds that might be
> > encountered by a field observer conducting a bird point count. The
> > recordings don't have to be perfect, but obviously the more reach and
> > realism the better. What do you think?
> >
> > Bob Howe
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