That's amazing, Martyn! I held a candle a couple of feet from my HD-1s
and the impact from the big explosion blew it out.
Bernie
On Apr 20, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Martyn Stewart wrote:
> http://naturesound.org/?p=3D399
>
> I was out last night trying to record some beavers with their tail
> slap actions, A peaceful place out in the woods with ponds and
> marshes then all of a sudden, Bang goes the sound of a gun, Bang
> went another shot. The sound resonated through the air and then Bang
> came this Almighty explosion. All the time i'm monitoring this
> through my headphones. A red winged blackbird sent out its alarm
> call and all went deadly quiet. This is a section of that 1 hour
> recording.
> If you have a 4 channel listening system then contact me and I will
> send you the 4 channel wave file.
>
> Full details of the recording are as follows:
>
> Location: stossel creek road
> Date: 2011-04-19
> Time: 19:20
> State: Washington
>
> Description: stossel creek dusk soundscape
>
> Habitat: pond/ marsh/ coniferous
> VoxType: dusk
> Category: natural
> Sounds
>
> Recorder: SD 788t
> Mics: Soundfield ST450
> Sample rate: 48k 24 bit
> Microphone pattern: B format 4 channel
>
> Take# 1
>
> Anthrophony: 1:00 car passes by/1:45 airplane/3:25 plane/6:40
> airplane/7:43 train whistles/8:55 airplane/9:40 loud train horn
> whistle/10:11 plane/19:20 distant plane/22:37 distant traffic/25:22
> gun shots/26:10 explosion/28:40 mic got hit by something/28:55 plane/
> 30:50 plane/34:02 plane/35:54 train whistle/43:01 plane/
>
> Geophony:
>
> Biophony: red winged blackbird/pacific tree frog/2:46 bumble bee/
> 3:25 winter wren/American robin/6;40 water splash from otter/8:27
> red winged blackbird calls/9:14 American robin/13:00 red winged
> blackbird/16:42 beaver chews and swims/19:53 tree frogs increase
> volume/20:46 beaver tail slap/21:38 bumble bee/23:07 frog and
> blackbird duet/27:31 song sparrow/32:26 American robin/ woodpecker
> foraging/33:30 bumble bee/fly/34:28 tree frog close up
> Calls/40:00 winter wren close up song/45:42 wood duck calls/47:55
> winter wren/50:05 bumble bee or fly/
>
> Weather: partly cloudy
> Temp: 59f
> Humidity: 56%
> Wind: calm
>
> GPS: 18.200889,-66.69925
>
> Recordist: Martyn Stewart
>
> Notes: inserted -30 db tone at beginning of the recording/ Mic
> suspension with Rycote windjammer and gitzo tripod/ gain set at
> 34.3db on the Rotary pots/
>
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> Martyn
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