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Hi
As a follow up to the my last posting, I have bounced down a couple short
sections of a recording from an overnight deployment left near a boggy sect=
ion
of Frick Pond in Willowemoc Wild Forest. Night in the Catskills is incredib=
ly
quiet, even during the summer months. This relative silence is broken only =
by
the calls of coyotes, owls, and other nocturnal foragers. The quiet really=
reveals the limits of the microphones, the preamps, and of my own hearing. =
I had
never realized how incredibly eerie and unnerving an extremely quiet woodla=
nd
can be. There are things out there.
Each of the following recordings is at a slightly different gain to compens=
ate
for the level of the caller. Additionally, EQ was applied to cut the highs=
around 6 or so dB above about 10KHz to keep the listener from focusing on t=
he
hiss (which wasnt terrible). If you are interested in a raw recording as an=
example of noise performance of the rig (AT4022 and DR680), please email me=
off
list. Overall I am very pleased with the performance of this gear.
http://soundcloud.com/dmichael/coyotes-at-frick-pond
http://soundcloud.com/dmichael/barred-owl
I *think* the owl is a Barred Owl, but I am not sure.
Can someone on list give a second opinion?
Here is a much longer version which requires patience and headphones. To te=
mpt
you, dear reader, it begins with a mammal, probably a racoon, examining the=
recording equipment. Coyotes can be heard along with gunshots in the distan=
ce.
There are plenty of tiny subtle unidentified sounds in there.
http://soundcloud.com/dmichael/midnight-unedited
More to come from this session...
Thanks!
David
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