I don't have the technical expertise of you or Vicki, Max, but my interest
in lyrebirds goes back to the 1930s.
Maybe Vicki's level 5 setting is related to the power of a lyrebird's voice=
.
The territorial song of a male Superb Lyrebird (the species Vicki was
recording), can be heard at least a kilometre away. And the voice of the
other species, the Albert's Lyrebird may be even louder. On a calm day, I
heard the territorial song of one at measured map distance of 1.5 km.
And I understand Vicki was only about 10 metres from her Superb!
So I wonder what that sort of amplitude of sound might do with a level 10
setting on your marvellous little recorder.
Cheers
Syd (Brisbane, Australia)
> From: Max Catterwell <>
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> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:09:35 +0100
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> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] OLYMPUS LS-10 VS DAT RECORDINGS UPLOADED
>
> Hi Vicki!
> What an incredible sounding bird! I've never heard one of these before
> (they don't often turn up on the Cambridgeshire fens) and I was just
> stunned. How wonderful to have such a quiet place to record; dreamlike.
> I have never been able to have my LS-10 on any other level than 10, so
> to see you using 5 amazed me. And even on level 10 the meter was never
> topping out.
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