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Re: Any last minute advice for recording in the Amazon rainforest?

Subject: Re: Any last minute advice for recording in the Amazon rainforest?
From: "Daan Hendriks" daan_humanworkshop
Date: Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:58 pm ((PST))
Thanks to both of you, great advice!

I've got a few options now to try out; another interesting tip from
elsewhere was to use the kind of thin plastic covers that drycleaners use -
put that between the zeppelin and wind furry.

Best,
Daan

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Avocet <> wrote:

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>
>
> > I do not have advice for making a roof over the mics. I attempted
> > that once with a wool blanket, but I gave up pretty quickly - dusk
> > was approaching and it was taking to much time to figure out how to
> > string it up high enough.
>
> John,
>
> I hope you don't mind me adding to your excellent advice - especially
> as I've posted this before but I use a tent for long term outdoor
> setups. Rain and drips are of course noisy but in the dry I get good
> results looking out of the mesh screen.
> http://www.stowford.org/recordings.htm#aprildawn
> There is an old bedspread over the tent but it didn't cure the drips.
> The tent cost =A325 and was the cheapest item of equipment. :-) Possibly
> cutting up the tent roof and putting your wool blanket over the poles
> would give a wider mic spread.
>
> BTW I always try putting the mics on the ground as they often sound
> better down there. It also makes hiding and protecting them easier.
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
>
>
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