How much will that reduce the sound of the flies? They'll be a foot or so f=
urther away from the mic at minimum. Is it only the really close ones that =
matter?
I've heard occasional loud fly buzzing on my SASS recordings, but I didn't =
see how close those flies were.
If one was to spray the hamper with repellent, would that help further, or =
would you then get the added sound of flies landing and taking off again in=
a bg hurry?
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Dan Dugan
> Sent: Monday, 21 January 2013 11:41 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Cleaning and preventing fly
> sounds in recordings
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>
> There are collapsable clothes hampers with fine mesh fabric
> construction.
>
> http://www.casa.com/p/whitmor-6926-1170-15-collapsible-laundry
> -hamper-bry-blue-518294
>
> -Dan
>
> On Jan 20, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Eric Fassbender wrote:
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> > Oh, and I use Adobe Soundbooth for editing.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > On 21/01/2013, at 9:24 AM, Eric Fassbender
> <eric%40fassbender.com.au> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all and thanks for welcoming me to the community.
> >>
> >> I currently live in Darwin, Australia so most of my
> recordings feature sounds from the tropical north. If you are
> interested, feel free to have a listen on my website or on
> Soundcloud (details below).
> >>
> >> One problem that I often face are flies that mess up my
> recordings (being in Australia's outback, flies are a very
> common occurrence). Does anyone have suggestions on a) how to
> remove the nasty buzzing sounds from existing recordings or
> (and this would be even more helpful) b) how to prevent flies
> in recordings in the first place?
> >>
> >> In regards to a) my current approach is to just chop the
> bits where the flies are too dominant but in some recordings
> that means that I not only lose 70% of the recording but it
> is also a whole heap of work where the 3 minute outcome does
> not justify the 6 hours of editing. The problem is that the
> buzzing sound goes right across the frequency spectrum from
> about 300 Hz to about 3KHz. It would be great if someone had
> a suggestion on how I can remove or mask this annoyance.
> >>
> >> In regards to b) I've been thinking about all sorts of
> constructions, like mozzie nets that can be installed around
> the microphones or some sort of repellent to keep the flies
> away, however, the problem with mozzie nets is that the
> additional weight and stuff that I have to carry and the time
> it takes to set everything up does again not seem to justify
> the result. And apparently there is no fly repellent that
> really works, so that just seems to be pouring money down the
> drain for something that is very likely to not work. Plus, I
> wouldn't want to spray any chemical on the windjammers anyway.
> >>
> >> My recording gear includes a Marantz PMD661 with a pair of
> matched Rode NT5's. The NT5's are very sensitive and not
> normally the best choice for even slightly windy situations,
> however, when combined with a blimp and windjammer they
> create a brilliant and authentic stereo image of the
> locations. I am very happy with this setup as it is very
> compact and the quality of the recordings is very good too.
> It's just the bloody flies that I need to get rid off. So if
> anyone has some recommendations or tricks on how to remove
> flies from existing recordings without compromising too much
> of the actual desired sounds or on how to prevent flies from
> entering the recording space in the first place, that would
> be much appreciated.
> >>
> >> I look forward to hearing from you,
> >>
> >> Eric
> >>
> >>
> >> Website: www.australian-nature-sounds.com
> >> Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/australiannaturesounds
> >>
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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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