Hi Jennifer
When you say computer speakers, do you mean the built-in speakers or
external speakers? My Apple Powerbook speakers are incapable of
reproducing grouse drumming, but my external speakers, which have a
small "subwoofer" - although it hardly deserves the name - do fine.
My built-in speakers can't reproduce anything below about 150 Hz, and
the bulk of the energy in the drumming grouse is below 50 Hz. To hear
it at all it has to be raised a couple of octaves, which obviously
makes it sound nothing like a drumming grouse.
John
John Crockett
Let us live in harmony with Earth
And all creatures
That our lives may be a blessing
On May 29, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Jennifer Jerrett
[naturerecordists] wrote:
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I'm brand new to the group and a total greenhorn to nature
> recording. I recently attended my first go-round in Martyn
> Stewart's naturesound.org recording workshop which, in addition to
> being outstanding, was a real galvanizing moment for me. I'm an
> independent producer for public radio and I live in Yellowstone
> National Park. I want to change the world through listening.
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> But I have a lot to learn.
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> Recently, I recorded the drumming of a ruffed grouse. I used an SD
> 702 recorder and a Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun in a Rycote with a
> fuzzy. I use Adobe Audition CS 5.5 for post.
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> My problem is that the sound is OK (not outstanding, just OK)
> through headphones, but practically inaudible through computer
> speakers. I tried amplifying the whole shebang and also tried
> further bringing up some of the lows, which again, sounds OK
> through headphones, but I don't know what to do to make it work
> without headphones. I also tried speeding up the recording just a
> bit -- also improves things marginally, but since this is supposed
> to pair with video shot at the same time, I'm not sure that's going
> to work.
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> I'm sure you're all shaking your heads at me, but I would love any
> advice that any of you have the time to offer.
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> Thanks in advance for your consideration.
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> All the best,
> Jennifer Jerrett
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> click clack of elk hooves on the road in front of the house
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