Re: Greetings from a new member

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

Michael Oates, you wrote,

> Species recording can indeed be done without a parabola, very good
> recordings can be done that way, but it takes a great deal of
> knowledge and
> patience. Basically you need to get the microphone close to the
> wildlife
> that way the gain is turned down and background sounds are reduced
> dramatically. So you need to study the wildlife concerned, see what
> it's
> habits are, where is it vocal from and when etc. Then position the
> microphone appropriately. I have never done this, but I know people
> that
> have and I take my hat off to them.

I get good species recordings in my soundscapes occasionally, when I
get lucky and something sounds off right near the mics. That's really
heavenly, because you get all the depth and perspective of a
soundscape with the star performer featured.

-Dan Dugan