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Re: Band-tailed Pigeon

Subject: Re: Band-tailed Pigeon
From: "John Hartog" hartogj
Date: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:09 pm ((PDT))
Hi Rob,
Yes, I was using my baffled NT1A rig. And though I use 60 deg as my default=
 angle between mics, something came over me in my late night grogginess and=
 I rotated them out to +/- 100 degrees.  I am not sure that was the best de=
cision for this location, but I have noticed that using the baffle preserve=
s overall localization independent of mic angle. The "hole in the center" w=
as aimed slightly downward toward the center of the small lake. Hmmmm, make=
s me wonder...

John Hartog


--- In  Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> At 9:45 AM -0700 8/17/09, Dan Dugan wrote:
> >
> >>  I recorded this band-tailed pigeon a couple weeks ago at one of my
> >>  favorite spots in the hills near the coastal town of Nehalem, Oregon.
> >>
> >>
> >><http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-090801_BTPI_v01.mp3>http://www.rocks=
callop.org/ear/jh-090801_BTPI_v01.mp3
> >>
> >>  An annoying motor began idling nearby, just when the pigeon moved to
> >>  a nice proximity. So, I doctored up the recording with a cut and
> >>  paste on the lower frequencies, and then some EQ too. Still a nice
> >>  species example I think.
> >
> >About the best I've heard, John. That bird is notoriously hard to
> >record--at least for me they always sound like they're far away
> >somewhere else.
> >
> >-Dan Dugan
>
> And imaging of the setting as well! A powerful sense of the distant
> sound horizon across the middle while preserving distinct
> articulation to the sides. It find it a challenge to get the lower
> mid-range frequencies to define depth across the middle. Did you make
> it with your baffled NT1-A cardioid pair angled at approx 60 degrees?
> Rob D.
> --
>
>
>








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