It was mid afternoon. Looks like getting out early may be the only solutio=
n around here. And you are right. Normalizing brought it all back.
This is my first time working with very low sound levels. It has shown me t=
hat 5 years as a road manager back in the '70s did more damage to my ears t=
han I thought.
--- In Eric Fassbender <> wrote:
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> I agree with Peter, lowering the recording level and then increasing it l=
ater will not make any difference to recording at normal levels in the firs=
t place. In fact, I find it better to record at around -10 to -20 db becaus=
e I can then hear noise and abort a recording session without fooling mysel=
f that there is no noise and then find the noise when I get home and increa=
se the levels.
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> Finding quiet spots is the biggest challenge. In Australia my general rul=
e of thumb is to travel about 2 hours from a major city, find a gravel road=
into a National Park and then walk another 45-60 minutes from the last ava=
ilable parking spot. You will still get the odd airplane but at least there=
are no tractors, dogs, chainsaws, etc.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Eric
>
>
> On 08/08/2013, at 5:24 AM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
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> > What time of day was it? In some places there are less vehicles and pla=
nes early in the morning. Or you could put the mics closer to a stream to m=
ask the noise. Or make a long recording in the hope there'll be some quiet =
parts. Or try somewhere else.
> >
> > If you search for "anthrophony" in the list archives you'll find plenty=
of discussion about it.
> >
> > How does recording low and increasing the level at home help? Won't the=
sounds just become audible again?
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On 07/08/2013, at 11:52 PM, "glenn.ashmore" <<gashmo=
>> 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 us=
ing an old Edirol R-1, Rolls MX34C preamp/mixer and a pair of Rode NT2As. T=
his turned out to be a very quiet chain but finding an unpolluted environme=
nt is turning out to be a problem. In the backyard I get an underlying caco=
phony of air conditioners so I went out to the national forest 20 miles fro=
m nowhere, set up an ORTF arrangement next to a pond with lots of natural s=
ounds and set my levels the way I would at home.
> >
> > On the first attempt besides the local natural sounds I got a forest se=
rvice tractor clearing a road about 2 miles away, 3 or 4 airplanes and a he=
avy truck. None of which I could hear with my bare ears.
> >
> > Second attempt I cut the levels way back figuring to normalize when I g=
ot home and the extraneous noise went away but so did a lot of the more sub=
tle local sounds.
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