Hi Chris,
I skim recordings in spectral view in screen views of 10 minutes or less. I=
skip though, playing short selections with special attention to any visual=
cues for new sounds or changing dynamics. When I find noteworthy sections,=
I listen while writing a description with time position and duration refer=
ences in a separate textual file, and then begin skipping forward ahead aga=
in to find the next noteworthy section. An hour of recording might take fif=
teen or twenty minutes to skim this way. When I am done I can go through my=
notes and return to pertinent sections with more scrutiny. I often have mo=
re than 16 hours of material to review from a weekend recording trip.
John Hartog
oregonsoundscapes.com
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> Dear all
>
> Related to my last question, I wonder if anyone has any great tricks for =
reviewing long duration recordings ?
>
> I have over the years amassed enough reasonable mics and machines to have=
at least two sets (and maybe a third) that can be left out unattended over=
night. I would like to survey my local woods and forests and catch some of =
the owls that are out there that I have not yet recorded.
>
> But my question is how to review an 8-10 hour session efficiently ? In t=
he past I have had them playing background whilst I do other tasks, but nor=
mally I can only spend maybe 2 hours doing that. I then moved on to scannin=
g the waveform files (for night-time this works I think): I apply a 100% no=
tch filter below 600Hz to get rid of passing planes and boy racers then scr=
oll the waveform (I use Audition 3)and look for peaks that could be interes=
ting sounds. But as I have just discovered even this takes a chunk of time =
if I have two machines running overnight.
>
> I know a real field guy would spend the night wandering the forest with h=
is parabola, but I have a day job too.....has anyone else faced this ?
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> Thanks for any tips or ideas.
>
> Chris
> http://www.wildechoes.org
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