Mitch,
Very nice. I never tire of coyote sounds.
Kevin J Colver
Soundscapes for Birders - a Podcast of Natural Sounds
www.7Loons.com
On Oct 25, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Mitch wrote:
> Howdy Good Folks,
>
> One of my favorite recording subjects is the local Coyote pack.
> To hear my latest Coyote recordings:
>
> http://www.4shared.com/dir/G5hD0gQS/Coyotes_and_other_mamals.html
>
> Listen to the files with "25 Oct. 2010" in the title to hear the
> latest work. Note that the file 4110NR is a single howl pulled from
> the noise level and has been amplified and heavily noise reduced
> using Audacity Noise Reduction. 4110NR is primarily an experiment
> using Audacity NR.
>
> Its been a while since I posted, I've been busy with a few related
> projects, mostly trouble shooting a Tascam DR-680 firmware problem
> of the DR-680 crashing and loosing files when using "autorecord"
> function. If you have a DR-680, be advised that Firmware upgrade
> 1.12 should be available as I write this but I've not checked the
> Tascam web site to see if it is there.
>
> My latest project is the 6 microphone array I've been playing with
> and recently have switched from the DR-680 to a linked pair of Sound
> Devices 302 preamps feeding a Marantz PMD661. (This is an elegant
> combination! I'm very pleased with it even if it is only two track).
>
> This 6 mic array is of my own concept designed for a specific
> wildlife recording application, the concept being recording of
> distant wildlife. The concept is based on difficulties of wanting to
> record waterfowl that is mainly on the other side of a bay from an
> accessible location. This is a common condition of life on Cape Cod
> and combine that with my underwater acoustic hydrophone experience
> and seems to me logic is to increase the capture area as part of the
> solution.
>
> Why Coyotes? Well, as I live on the edge of a tree farm and town
> watershed including a large private academy grounds, the local
> Coyote population makes for ideal and interesting test subjects late
> at night after the infernal Cape traffic noise dies down and I can
> sit at my computer processing files and tweaking gains as the
> recorder makes the recordings. Point of interest, the best
> recordings are made between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM here and
> "Autorecord", "Autotrack" and "Pause on Quiet" are essential
> controls in a recorder to me.
>
> The technical aspect of the 6 mic array concept uses 4 super
> cardioid shotgun microphones as the primaries spaced about 7" apart,
> and pointed at an angle of about 30 degrees between each of them,
> two forward pointing either side of the line of array heading. Sort
> of an expanded NOS array of sorts, with two smaller shotgun cardioid
> microphones pointing rearward at an angle 45 degrees relative to the
> center line of primary heading. These two smaller microphones fill
> in side and rear ambient sounds.
>
> I've not measured the pattern but estimate that it is egg shaped if
> my concept is correct with max gain pointed forward. What is
> important is that it seems to work very much as I'd hoped. I'm
> guestimating (based on my knowledge of the topography of this area)
> that the Coyotes are anywhere from 1/4 mile to 3/4 miles distant
> when I am recording them, possibly further at times.
>
> For those of you technically curious, the center pair of primary
> microphones are Sennheiser ME66/K6, the secondary pair are R0DE
> NTG-3, and the two smaller broader pattern side/rear pointing mics
> are ME64/K6. (E-bay is a great source for microphones!)
>
> And then, afternoons, my K9 companion Shadow and I go out and
> explore looking for Coyote tracks...
>
> Hope you all are having as much fun as we are...
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Mitch & Shadow...
>
> http://www.4shared.com/dir/UTASxktL/wildlife.html
>
> Shadow's area:http://www.4shared.com/dir/ecfWjyZb/Shadow.html
>
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