Hi Vicki and Dan
Thanks! It was pretty nice sitting there listening to the Spiny's -
the calls are really quite haunting.
Maybe I'm being unfair on the way the HDP2 and AT3032's!! I'd really
need to test the phantom output on near flat batteries to be 100% sure
that was the cause - the fact the recorder powered down due to low
batteries shortly after may just be co-incidence. I know at least a
few mics behave badly when the phantom voltage drops, so my initial
thoughts were that there was cause and effect relationship.
It might simply be the honeyeaters were a little to distant from the
mics in the conditions. It had been particularly windy during the
night but was relatively calm in the morning. Perhaps the Mallee scrub
is more noisy in light breeze conditions than what I'm used to.
cheers
Paul
On 01/10/2009, at 2:38 PM, vickipowys wrote:
> What luck that your recorder held out long enough to get a recording
> even if some degree of hiss was added due to low battery.
> (Interesting to know that this can happen!)
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