Here is a 3-minute recording of a Japanese bush warbler (uguisu):
http://www.notredame.ac.jp/~peterson/audio/nature/20080608/20080608-konze1.=
mp3
On June 8th I took a bicycle ride up in the hills near my home in
Shiga Prefecture, Japan. I took an Olympus LS-10 in my saddlebag.
As I was struggling up a steep mountain road at about 4 p.m., I
heard this caller, got off my bike, grabbed the LS-10, and started
recording immediately. Wind screens were attached, and settings were
24-bit, 44.1KHz, mic sense high, record level 7, limiter ON. I had
no idea how high to set the input level. It peaked between -7dB and
-6dB, so I could have set it lower with no limiter.
It's pretty noisy, with airplanes flying outbound from Kansai
International Airport. Maybe I could have done better with a highly
directional mic and a better (bigger, heavier) recorder, but if I
had been serious about "pristine" nature recording, I wouldn't have
taken any equipment at all. This recording was easy to make, like
taking a snapshot. It delighted my family and friends, even though
my goal that day was simply to ride a bicycle up a mountain.
For my humble purposes the LS-10 seems just right.
Greg Peterson <>
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