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Re: Sound recording devices and mics...

Subject: Re: Sound recording devices and mics...
From: "Klas Strandberg" klasstrandberg
Date: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:02 pm ((PDT))
Hm. Not easy to give any kind of advice. I think you have to describe
the situation in detail.

Like,
will they be in a cage out of a fine mesh? How big? Millions of flies
or hundreds? Where will the cage be?
If not a cage, what? (The acoustic properties are important.)

And how will it be presented? Loudspeakers? How far apart? How many
people are going to be in the room?
What do you want it to sound like?

Sorry if I complicate things, but this is interesting and not easy.

Imagine two extremes:
That the cage is a circular piece of mesh about an inch wide and that
there are 10 flies in it. Then all mic's will pick up real "stereo"
sound from all flies, but presented by loudspeakers 25 meters apart,
the listeners will occasionally hear a fly going some 25 meters in
parts of a second. (from one mic to another, very close to one
another). That will be one kind of impression.
The other extreme is a cage some 10 meters wide and trillions of flies.
That will be a totally different situation.

If you don't get advice on this list, don't hesitate to get in touch
with me privately. I like strange experiments.....

Klas.



How is the sound going to be presented?

At 21:16 2012-06-12, you wrote:
>Hi Klaus, it's a four channel video sound installation and the sound
>device and mics will be installed inside the space...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alma
>
>
>
>________________________________
>  From: Alma Leiva <>
>To: "" <>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Sound recording devices and mics...
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>=C2
>Hi Klaus, it's a four channel video sound installation and the sound
>device and mics will be installed inside the space...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alma
>
>________________________________
>From: Klas Strandberg <>
>To: 
>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Sound recording devices and mics...
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>=C2
>Hi Alma!
>
>What are you going to use the recordings for?
>
>Klas
>
>At 20:20 2012-06-12, you wrote:
> >Hi, I am proposing a projects involving the sound recording of fruit
> >flies inside a concealed space. What would you recommend as far as
> >mics and sound recording devices...the recordings will be over a
> >continuos period of 10 days.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Alma
> >
> >
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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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> >Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >
>Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>email: 
>website: www.telinga.com
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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.
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
email: 
website: www.telinga.com









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