On revisiting the information available on the Telinga site it seems
that using a high quality stereo parabolic setup such as these would
also work, since it would inevitably include a certain amount of close
ambient sound, in stereo. I now realize, somewhat belatedly, that the
Telinga stereo mic will also work as a good, low noise, general-purpose
stereo microphone.
This idea definitely does not meet any of my portability requirements
either, but sound-wise does seem to be the industry-standard way to go.
So, going forward, buying a 4029 seems to have made it onto my shopping
list (I appreciate that its floor noise is a bit higher than is normally
acceptable for nature recording, but having listened to some published
examples of it being used this way it does seem to do the job).
> Anyway -- siamangs have always interested me greatly so I envy you
> your chances to hear/see them and really appreciate your sharing your
> recordings of them.
One thing that I still do not understand, and which puzzles me greatly,
is why they call for such long periods. The other monkey calls that I
heard on that trip were much shorter, and kind of fitted into our
expectations of why monkeys call: alarm calls, group cohesion, etc. I
heard Siamang call on two occasions, and each time the call sequence
went on for several tens of minutes, or longer.
I found their sound completely fascinating, and look forward to being
able to do more recordings in the future (they are an endangered
species, unfortunately), hopefully informed with a better understanding
of their lifestyle and behaviour.
Richard
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