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Subject: Re: Saying hello
From: williamsmartin69
Date: Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:11 am ((PDT))
David,




Yes I like the lying in bed recording. Great isn't. Especially
for those Spring 5.30 am early sounds. A sufficiently long lead
that will reach the bed , plug in the headphones, a cup of tea. I
know it might be lazy but it works and I don't disturb the
wildlife.





I have done the same camping. The night before rig up a lapel mic
between the inner and outer tent. I sleep with the recorder next
to me so that when I hear the first sounds I reach out and push
the record button. Unfortunately I usually fall back to sleep so
that when I playback there is the inevitable snoring.




Martin



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> Well what's next? I would like to record birds from as far away
as possible without having to buy  a parabolic reflector. Not
that I wouldn't, I like the discreetness of the small recorders.
My plan is to get a 50m length of cable, rig it up to the mic.
and hide myself at the other end. Because I'm getting tired of
doing the roving/stand and point technique.

Martin,

I use a stereo pair of gunmics in a cheap tent looking out of the
mesh
screen. Fortunately I have somewhere where this can be left out
safely.

http://www.stowford.org/recordings.htm#aprildawn
<http://www.stowford.org/recordings.htm#aprildawn>

I've got 650 metres of cheap screened twin cable bought at a
discount which
is rolled up in stereo pairs on garden hosereels. The biggest
snag is tent
flap when it gets windy, but I've got stuff I wouldn't have heard
any other
way.

I checked out the entire length of cable and found no degradation
with low
impedance mics. The only trouble I had was from the 11.000V
electric line
arcing in wet weather but grounding to a single point fixed that.

Six links come through my bedroom window and I can lie in bed
listening to
the wildlife and birds and if anything interesting happens, I
lean across
the bed and push the red button.

> Another dream is to record using a reel to reel recorder, one I
can hang off my shoulder please. The mere sight of just the reels
turning around is just so.....!

Did that for 25 years, still got the backache. Hooray for
digital. :-)

David Brinicombe




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