I listened to Ruffed Grouse on this recording:
http://www.xeno-canto.org/153365
I don't know how that recording compares to yours, but I can hear it ok on =
my PC speakers, which have cones about 5cm diameter, but much better on my =
MDR-7506 headphones, which have 4cm drivers.
On a side note, the Xeno Canto spectrogram doesn't really do the drumming j=
ustice, showing it as insignificant dots at the bottom of the scale, and do=
esn't even show the end of the sequence. I wish they'd show live spectrogra=
ms as you play the recordings.
Peter Shute
From:
Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2014 7:27 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Ruffed Grouse, You're Killin' Me
Hi Jennifer
When you say computer speakers, do you mean the built-in speakers or extern=
al speakers? My Apple Powerbook speakers are incapable of reproducing grous=
e drumming, but my external speakers, which have a small "subwoofer" - alth=
ough it hardly deserves the name - do fine. My built-in speakers can't repr=
oduce anything below about 150 Hz, and the bulk of the energy in the drummi=
ng 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
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On May 29, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Jennifer Jerrett <ja=
> [naturerecordists] wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I'm brand new to the group and a total greenhorn to nature recording. I rec=
ently attended my first go-round in Martyn Stewart's naturesound.org record=
ing workshop which, in addition to being outstanding, was a real galvanizin=
g 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.
But I have a lot to learn.
Recently, I recorded the drumming of a ruffed grouse. I used an SD 702 reco=
rder and a Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun in a Rycote with a fuzzy. I use Adobe=
Audition CS 5.5 for post.
My problem is that the sound is OK (not outstanding, just OK) through headp=
hones, but practically inaudible through computer speakers. I tried amplify=
ing 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 m=
ake it work without headphones. I also tried speeding up the recording just=
a bit -- also improves things marginally, but since this is supposed to pa=
ir with video shot at the same time, I'm not sure that's going to work.
I'm sure you're all shaking your heads at me, but I would love any advice t=
hat any of you have the time to offer.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
All the best,
Jennifer Jerrett
...
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