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Re: My introduction ...

Subject: Re: My introduction ...
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:06 pm ((PDT))
> I have been a DJ since the early 90's. I started off in the dance music
> party scene but also play a wide variety of other genres. I eventually go=
t
> into composing my own compositions and have a lot of experience using
> Windows and Linux (mostly Linux) for various audio tasks; file formats,
> software and so forth. I have recorded DJ mixes and compositions and have
> recently started investigating recording natural sounds for use in
> compositions. Over a decade ago someone recommended the Sony Minidisc
> players to me for doing location recordings. Last year I stumbled across
> Minidisc (Net MD Walkman MZ-N707 Type-R) in a charity shop for ~6 pounds.
> I've made some seaside recordings (general ambience, waves, and so on)
> using a very basic radio shack mono microphone. I've yet to transfer thes=
e
> to my PC and get a proper listen.
>
> I saw this page on your site - http://www.naturesongs.com/Telinga.html ..=
.
> looks like an exciting microphone :)

Welcome to the list, Barney. I want to add to David's good advice. There ar=
e two ways, or styles, of recording nature sounds. One is what I call "spec=
ies hunting" where the objective is to separate the sound source from the e=
nvironment, for study or production use. The Telinga dishes are the best to=
ol for that.

The other style is "soundscape recording," where the objective is to record=
 the whole scene. The Telinga stereo dish mic can be used for that when sep=
arated from the dish, tho Telinga makes another rig, the "SSM" pair of mics=
, even better suited for soundscape recording.

-Dan
biased as I am a Telinga dealer





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