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Re: Butcherbird Mimicry

Subject: Re: Butcherbird Mimicry
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:13 pm ((PST))
Nope, that's not natural. The 702 recorder doesn't have anything that makes 
that effect. There must be something engaged in your Audition session that 
you're unaware of. It's important to figure it out, because you don't want the 
ambience to be pumping in a nature sound recording.

-Dan

On Dec 19, 2012, at 12:12 PM, 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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