No. I might try that next time, but I have a feeling it would make a long p=
rocess more fatiguing.
John
--- In Eric Fassbender <> wrote:
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> Have you considered playing back the recording at 4x speed? You'll still =
hear when something happens ...
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> On 08/04/2013, at 8:31 AM, rock_scallop <> wrote:
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> > Hi Chris,
> > I skim recordings in spectral view in screen views of 10 minutes or les=
s. I skip though, playing short selections with special attention to any vi=
sual cues for new sounds or changing dynamics. When I find noteworthy secti=
ons, I listen while writing a description with time position and duration r=
eferences in a separate textual file, and then begin skipping forward ahead=
again to find the next noteworthy section. An hour of recording might take=
fifteen or twenty minutes to skim this way. When I am done I can go throug=
h my notes and return to pertinent sections with more scrutiny. I often hav=
e more than 16 hours of material to review from a weekend recording trip.
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> > John Hartog
> > oregonsoundscapes.com
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> > --- In "chrishails50" <cjhails@> wrot=
e:
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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 =
overnight. 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 ? I=
n the past I have had them playing background whilst I do other tasks, but =
normally I can only spend maybe 2 hours doing that. I then moved on to scan=
ning the waveform files (for night-time this works I think): I apply a 100%=
notch filter below 600Hz to get rid of passing planes and boy racers then =
scroll the waveform (I use Audition 3)and look for peaks that could be inte=
resting sounds. But as I have just discovered even this takes a chunk of ti=
me if I have two machines running overnight.
> > >
> > > I know a real field guy would spend the night wandering the forest wi=
th his parabola, but I have a day job too.....has anyone else faced this ?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any tips or ideas.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > > http://www.wildechoes.org
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