JM
You haven't fully described the size and situation of where the
rabbits are e.g. is it a big room? Obviously they are not in a
hutch. If they will chew at wire mesh, then what about using a house
brick, the sort with holes it it. Get some Primo EM172s (they use
PIP) and embed them within the housebrick. The rabbits might
interpret the brick as rock-like and not try to chew it? Have the
mics just far enough inside the brick holes that the rabbits could
not reach them, but as close to the outer surface as possible. If
you used a gun mic or dish you would have to know exactly where the
rabbits were going to be, so omni mics might be better.
cheers,
Vicki
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> --- In "jonny6pack"
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>>
>> Good morning from London, England. Just a few words to introduce
>> myself...
>>
>> From the moment I opened up an old transistor radio I've had a
>> deep interest in audio. My first recordings were made on a compact
>> cassette recorder in the late 1970s; I still have those early
>> recordings (archived as WAVs) and have removed the noise using a
>> mix of Goldwave and Adobe Audition.
>>
>> In the early 90s I trained as a broadcast engineer; sound was my
>> speciality, but this was more technical side related to broadcast
>> techniques (AM, FM, FM Stereo, NICAM)
>>
>> Over the past two decades I have recorded on MiniDisc, a Zoom H2,
>> and now a Sony PCM-M10 together with a Rode NT3 and Rode Video
>> Mic. I love these microphones; they produce clear, low noise
>> sound, that I find pleasant to listen to. The Sony PCM-M10 is a
>> recent purchase and I have been dumbstruck at the quality of its
>> recordings. I thought the Zoom H2 was superb, but the Sony is so
>> much more defined and has much lower self noise.
>>
>> Now to my question. I need to record the sounds made by rabbits.
>> They do make extremely quiet vocalisations; so quiet that they are
>> almost inaudible unless you know what to listen for. It's
>> difficult to describe the sound, but 'grunt' comes close - very
>> short bursts of principally low frequency sounds. they also squeak
>> and 'quack' but these are not the sounds I want to capture.
>>
>> The problem is that I need very small, sensitive, low noise
>> microphones to capture the sound. As the sounds will be captured
>> in a domestic environment (inside a house) the only sounds I'll
>> need to reject are of electrical appliances operating in adjacent
>> rooms, and cars passing by. There will no wind or other weather to
>> worry about. The NT2 and Video Mic are capable of capturing the
>> sounds I'm after, but they are too large and attract the attention
>> of rabbits. And rabbits like to gnaw things, especially new,
>> expensive items! I have already lost two foam windshields and
>> numerous cables to rabbits, and can't afford to lose entire
>> microphones.
>>
>> So, could anybody suggest either low cost, low noise, sensitive,
>> unobtrusive microphones or components to construct such a
>> microphone? I can't supply phantom power, so batteries or plug-in
>> power is preferred.
>>
>> Thanking you all in advance of any suggestions.
>>
>> JM
>>
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