Thank you Ray!
Truely amazing and a hell of a racket. I would love to hear it on location.
I would also appreciate a longer recording. There seems to,be a lot of
variation.
What actually do you mean by Telinga LSxx, I am not aware of such a Telinga
product.
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Am 13.06.2013 um 02:24 schrieb Ray Mansell <>:
> The 17-year Cicada emergence is really at its peak here now, and the sound
> is excruciating. I walked a mile or two around the preserve where I've been
> seeing them (though they are spread over a much larger area), recording the
> entire walk with a Telinga LSxx microphone connected to an Olympus LS10
> recorder. Even with the recorder set at low gain, I had to turn the gain
> control dial down to between 1 and 2 to avoid overload.
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> Later, I put the LSxx back into the parabola, and set out to (try to)
> record individual animals - which wasn't really feasible considering the
> sheer numbers involved. It was hard to avoid walking on them, and they
> constantly landed on both me and the Telinga. I've posted a very short clip
> which demonstrates the various clicks and buzzes these fascinating little
> creatures make, and includes an individual landing on the mic and emitting
> its sound - completely overwhelming the recorder. However, since the buzzes
> are such staccato events, it doesn't sound so very out of place. *
> http://tinyurl.com/q5g9bxt*
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> As much as I'm enjoying these little guys, I have to say it will be nice
> when the normal background sounds return.
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> Ray
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