Kevin,
I am new to SD recorders, I have a 744T. How do you setup the recorder to start
a new file
every hour. And are there any gaps in the recording or can they be pieced
together without
any gaps or glitches.
Thanks,
Mike
>I agree, it's nice to hear a bit of a blog on Dan's recording
>adventures. When we hear stories like this we pick up little tips
>that can only be learned by experience, ours or those of someone
>else. Please all, send in your stories.
>
>Agreed; that leaving the recorder on is helpful. Bernie taught that
>to me and I've captured some great material by recording hours at a
>time. My SD722 is set to start a new file every 60 min, so in the
>studio at home I can review the recordings in manageable 60 min
>blocks. Sometimes, when something great comes out of the night, you
>want to have the preceding several minutes to frame the interesting
>sound.
>
>And it's nice at night to have the mic at the other end of a long
>cord. Bernie's recordings of a bear mouthing the mic and a jaguar
>growling at it in pitch darkness are dramatic. Once I was startled
>out of a half sleep while monitoring at night by an angry loud
>hissing. I jumped because it sounded like something was right in my
>face. Lucky for me, the patrolling bobcat was down at the other end
>of the 100 foot cable and I was reclined safe and warm in my parked
>truck.
>
>Kevin
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>On Aug 25, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Romilly Hambling wrote:
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>> --- In Dan Dugan <> wrote:
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>> > Sharon Perry and I did our second Yosemite sequoia groves expedition
>> > August 8-10. ... To be continued.
>> > -Dan Dugan
>> >
>> >
>> Nice to resurface on the list and find Dan writing about recording
>> adventures out in the wild again -- AND at night. I look forward to
>> hearing samples from that 4 channel 3032 setup.
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>> Dan, run the thing all night, turn in and get some proper sleep! Do I
>> know what it's like "sleeping" with headphones on and a finger on the
>> pause button. Then you get a good day, and back home you go through
>> the files knowing you've missed absolutely nothing. Well, yes, it
>> takes time, but what a lot there can be -- some of which would never
>> wake you up or . . sort of heck, it's 3.37 am and can I really be
>> bothered with this 57th possible false alarm.
>>
>> Most I excerpt, but one or two I keep as they're so magical. All those
>> tiny noises, things dropping (as Dan says), and oh so mysterious
>> visitors to the mics. Can be quite creepy sometimes.
>>
>> I was forced into this (leaving equipment running while getting some
>> sleep) because the dreadful piece of tinny plastic I'm currently using
>> has all of a two-second buffer. All but useless unless you're prepared
>> to turn yourself into a nervous wreck with arm cramp! So I just left
>> it running. Still haven't been through all the files!!
>>
>> As to jets, etc, I'm now resigned to Sats and Suns, tho jet traffic
>> can start up un Sun in anticipation of Mon I find. Oddly some weekdays
>> are passable, but you have to get to know which. I've no idea why they
>> should vary. Round us the night to avoid is Monday -- invariably
>> awful.
>>
>> On another note, I'm fairly sure digifish got his 3032s at least
>> partly because he heard my samples. I got my 3032s (now 2 pairs)
>> entirely because of this list, especially of course Eric Benjamin's
>> report. Use'm all the time. Now many are wailing because they're
>> unobtainable. tee-hee.
>>
>> Three cheers for nature recordists, night recordists and 3032s!
>>
>> romilly
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