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Re: Butcherbird Mimicry

Subject: Re: Butcherbird Mimicry
From: "BinauralBrisbane" binauralbrisbane
Date: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:03 pm ((PST))
Hi Vicki, that makes sense- and thanks for the ID's, it is amazing-  I'm hoping 
he keeps it up for a couple of days so I can make a clearer recording.

Kind Regards,
Tony Innes


On 20/12/2012, at 6:12, vickipowys <> wrote:

> Amazing mimicry! There's even the sound of pigeon wings at one 
> point, lorikeets and the rattle of a Willie Wagtail, as well as those 
> you listed.
> 
> Using apQualizr would not cause the noise pumping so I think it must 
> just be the uneven quality of the wind.  The actual calls seem 
> unaffected.
> 
> Vicki
> 
> On 20/12/2012, at 5:30 AM, BinauralBrisbane wrote:
> 
> > Hi Dan,
> > thanks- yes, I applied a low shelf filter at around 70Hz- about 
> > 40dB using apQualizr in Audition CS6 to reduce some of the wind 
> > noise and traffic- the original recording was pretty horrendous- 
> > not conditions I would normally record in.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Tony Innes
> >
> >
> > On 20/12/2012, at 2:47, Dan Dugan <> wrote:
> >
> >>> Here's a link to a recording I made this afternoon of a Grey 
> >>> Butcherbird in my backyard using vocal mimicry.
> >>> It was a spur-of-the-moment recording so I used what I could set- 
> >>> up quickly (before he flew away)- a Sennheiser MKH 416 and a 
> >>> Sound Devices 702- it was quite windy so I just lay on the ground 
> >>> in front of the camera and got as close as possible- he (or she, 
> >>> but I think he) sat in the fence for about ten minutes and kindly 
> >>> ignored me.
> >>>
> >>> http://youtu.be/4RgA8CUvf5I
> >>
> >> Nice job, Tony, but the use of downward expansion or some noise 
> >> reduction process is evident in the surging up of the noise when 
> >> the bird vocalizes. What did you do?
> >>
> >> -Dan
> >>
> 
> 









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