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Re: chris watson & the sound of snails & centipedes

Subject: Re: chris watson & the sound of snails & centipedes
From: "Jez" tempjez
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:39 am ((PDT))
Hi,

i'm afraid there are some errors here. Firstly the sound wasn't out of sync=
 with the maggots movements - there is very slight lag on the audio on the =
bbc site which might be why you think it was out of sync perhaps.

No cleaning up was done either. The sanken & the dpa's have very low self n=
oise anyway & given that lots of the sound of some key nature documentaries=
 were recorded with the DPA's for example I think the statement that they a=
re't suitable for nature recording isn't a valid one. The other thing to re=
member with these particular recordings is that because this was done in th=
e AChamber the gain level could be kept relatively low.


--- In  "Avocet" <> wrote:
>
> > BTW -- Chris managed to get the noise of the  maggot moving with a
> > small lavalier (Sennheiser?) which didn't sound noisy, although the
> > received wisdom is that the DPA and Sennheiser tiny 'lavs' are 'too
> > noisy' for quiet nature recording....and this was in an anechoic
> > chamber.
>
> > Do you think the audio was processed to remove mike self noise?  The
> > SD preamp in use is quieter than the mike.
>
> I've already commented that the maggot noise was out of sync with its
> movements and I suspected that it had been laid in during the editing
> long past Chris' involvement. It is also very likely that it had been
> cleaned up as well, as that was my experience with my recordings in
> the past. If they can mess the track up with inappropriate music in an
> anechoic chamber they can do anything. :-)
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
>








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