Can you please explain more about the foam box you're using with the D50, K=
evin?
How much weather protection does it give you? I would have thought rain wou=
ld eventually get through the fur, and the foam would soak it up and it wou=
ld get to the recorder if it got saturated.
Peter Shute
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> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] What has the lowest Noise
> Floor for an all in one recorder?
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>
> I use a pair of PCM D50s for field recordings. They've been
> doing great for years. I also have a PCM D1 that is very
> fickle, sometimes gives out on me, and is not my favorite.
> (Anyone want to buy a D-1?) With a 16gig disk and 4 new AA
> batteries I can leave the D50 recorder out in the evening and
> retrieve it the next day with 16 hours of sounds. I
> purchased a square foot of microphone foam and cut and
> super-glued it into a D50 sized box. I slide the recorder
> into this foam box for wind protection and cover the whole
> thing with some thin fake fur. This cuts most wind noise but
> not high winds. It also doesn't eliminate raindrop pounding
> sounds if rain strikes the recorder. For good sounds in the
> rain you will need to have something above that will not make
> weird sounds when struck by rain which will also protect the
> recorder completely from the water.
>
> I'm currently working on frogs and toads. The D50 works well
> if placed 1-4 meters from the sound source, although it
> captures sounds from further away. Place your recorder to
> capture a nice stereo ambience if possible. I tend to set
> the record level at 6-7, then boost it further in the studio
> if needed.
>
> I used to have three recorders but one disappeared one night
> along the Mexican border. I suppose a coyote or immigrant
> walked off with it in the night. You might need to find ways
> to hide or camo your equipment, putting it into stealth mode.
>
> Kevin Colver
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