I agree with Peter, lowering the recording level and then increasing it lat=
er will not make any difference to recording at normal levels in the first =
place. In fact, I find it better to record at around -10 to -20 db because =
I can then hear noise and abort a recording session without fooling myself =
that there is no noise and then find the noise when I get home and increase=
the levels.
Finding quiet spots is the biggest challenge. In Australia my general rule =
of thumb is to travel about 2 hours from a major city, find a gravel road i=
nto a National Park and then walk another 45-60 minutes from the last avail=
able parking spot. You will still get the odd airplane but at least there a=
re no tractors, dogs, chainsaws, etc.
Good luck!
Eric
On 08/08/2013, at 5:24 AM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> What time of day was it? In some places there are less vehicles and plane=
s early in the morning. Or you could put the mics closer to a stream to mas=
k the noise. Or make a long recording in the hope there'll be some quiet pa=
rts. Or try somewhere else.
>
> If you search for "anthrophony" in the list archives you'll find plenty o=
f discussion about it.
>
> How does recording low and increasing the level at home help? Won't the s=
ounds just become audible again?
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 07/08/2013, at 11:52 PM, "glenn.ashmore" <<gash=
>> wrote:
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> The question is, how do you deal with noise pollution?
>
> Being a newbie to this hobby I assembled a field kit from what I had usin=
g an old Edirol R-1, Rolls MX34C preamp/mixer and a pair of Rode NT2As. Thi=
s turned out to be a very quiet chain but finding an unpolluted environment=
is turning out to be a problem. In the backyard I get an underlying cacoph=
ony of air conditioners so I went out to the national forest 20 miles from =
nowhere, set up an ORTF arrangement next to a pond with lots of natural sou=
nds and set my levels the way I would at home.
>
> On the first attempt besides the local natural sounds I got a forest serv=
ice tractor clearing a road about 2 miles away, 3 or 4 airplanes and a heav=
y truck. None of which I could hear with my bare ears.
>
> Second attempt I cut the levels way back figuring to normalize when I got=
home and the extraneous noise went away but so did a lot of the more subtl=
e local sounds.
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