Good cables are really expensive. And those wee critters love to
nibble on the rubber and wires which are hard to repair in the field.
I've lost a few myself...mostly while recording in deserts, but also
in Rwanda while recording mountain gorillas. The rats were everywhere
on the mountain and even ate the ticking out of my sleeping bag and
favorite North Face jacket. (The nearest cable shop was 1500 mi. away
in that part of the world so it was fortunate that I had a small
repair kit with me.)
Bernie
On Apr 28, 2012, at 9:43 AM, John Brenneman wrote:
> Thanks for the advice Bernie,
>
> I envisioned something like that , sort of like a suspension bridge
> to my mics. Guess I had been lucky up until this happened.
>
> John
> On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
>
>> Rabbits and rodents have to gnaw on things to keep their teeth from
>> curling around and growing into their wee brains. They especially
>> love
>> expensive coaxial mic cables. When recording, always take a number of
>> thin metal stakes about 25 - 30 inches (63 - 76cm) long with a loop
>> at
>> the top through which to thread your cables, thus keeping them off
>> the
>> ground and inaccessible to critters.
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:29 PM, John Brenneman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi fellow recordists. I camped and recorded last thursday and
>>> Friday in Pinnacles Natl. Monument in California.Here are 2
>>> recordings made with mics in the same location at 8:30 PM and 6:30
>>> AM the next morning in the Pinnacles campground beneath large Valley
>>> Oaks with a bog nearby.
>>> http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/evening-in-pinnacles
>>> http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/dawn-in-pinnacles-campground-4
>>>
>>> Unfortunately during the morning recording I lost the Right channel
>>> and only determined later that a rabbit had chewed most of the way
>>> through my mic cable. Mogami must be tasty. Has anyone out there
>>> experienced this problem? I hope it won't be a common occurrence.
>>>
>>> While hiking with my parabolic mic I chanced upon a Steller's Jay
>>> that was making vocalizations I've not heard before. It was foraging
>>> on a large sycamore down in narrow little Bear Creek gulch and
>>> sounding a bit thrasher-like. It went on and on and I recorded
>>> several 30+ second cuts . Here is a short take before logistics put
>>> too much stream and wind noise into the recordings. http://soundcloud.c=
om/johnny-b-11/stellers-jay-pinnacles-4-20-12
>>>
>>> Hope all works well as I'm still learning about sharing recordings.
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>>
>>> John Brenneman
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>>> Krause.
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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