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Re: FYI: some recent tech that might be useful in the field

Subject: Re: FYI: some recent tech that might be useful in the field
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:29 am ((PDT))
Thanks, Gianni. It was great to finally meet you in Paris. My wish is that =
there will be many more of these meetings to come.

Ciao,
Bernie

On Jun 26, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Gianni Pavan  [naturere=
cordists] <> wrote:

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> Hi Bernie,
>      you're correct now.
>      it is the same in italian: "Antro" is a cave, and the translation in=
 "antrofonia" is a mistake, "antropofonia" is the correct term. We use antr=
opo..... to mean something connected with humans. Eg. the noise generated b=
y human activities is called "rumore antropogenico" or "rumore di origine a=
ntropica" (anthropogenic noise and noise with anthropic origin".
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> Gianni
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> 2014-06-26 11:14 GMT+02:00 Bernie Krause  [naturer=
ecordists]<>:
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> Sorry, I misspelled anthropophony, again. Corrected in the text, now.
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> BK
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> *********************
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> For the past four weeks, with five more to go, I=92ve been (and will be) =
lecturing across Europe and the UK on the subject of Soundscape Ecology and=
 have picked up a few pointers, so far, along the way.
>
> First and foremost, the term, anthrophony, that Stuart Gage (Emeritus, Mi=
chigan State Univ.) and I first published after our National Park Service s=
tudy program (2001-2) was published, is not correct. We thought that the pr=
efix, anthro, meant human. But, alas, it doesn=92t. The root literally mean=
s cave, in Greek. And we ain=92t speaking about the sound of caves. The pro=
blem was called to my attention by several French colleagues in both Quimpe=
r and Paris, where I was speaking, that if we wanted to express human sound=
, then the word needs to be anthropophony. The addition of the =93po=94 in =
the middle, is essential. (Note: the term was correctly translated in the F=
rench edition of The Great Animal Orchestra).
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> Second, a new piece of gear was called to my attention that some may have=
 already checked out. But for those who haven=92t, give the new RME: Babyfa=
ce a shot:
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> http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_babyface.php
>
> Bernie Krause
>
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> On Jun 26, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Eric Benjamin  [naturereco=
rdists] <> wrote:
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>> You may want to ask this question in the Yahoo micbuilders group.  But m=
eanwhile I have a couple of comments and questions.
>>
>> The question is: How many microphone/transmitter systems do you need to =
make?  and how much are you prepared to pay for them?
>>
>> About 35 years ago I fabricated some microphones in support of a friend'=
s field research in the Amazon jungle.  For that I sealed the front of the =
microphone with 1/10 mil polycarbonate film, and the back of the microphone=
 with electronic type silicone rubber.  I wouldn't say that those capsules =
were waterproof, but they did survive six months in the jungle.  If I had t=
o do it today, I'd check out the waterproof capsules made by Knowles; their=
 WP series:
>> http://www.knowles.com/eng/Products/Microphones/Waterproof/WP-series
>>
>> Those capsules are typically guaranteed down to an immersion depth of 3 =
meters.  These capsules are typically in the range of $25 at Digikey and el=
sewhere.
>>
>> I'm a bit more concerned with the concept of using a radio link.  Why ca=
n't you use cable?
>>
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>> On Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:33 AM, " [naturerecordi=
sts]" <> wrote:
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>> I'm a Ph.D. student and I need to make some long term environmental nois=
e measurements. I need to deploy a noise measurement network using small no=
des equipped with a microphone and a radio interface (for transmiting measu=
rements).
>>
>> I don't need very accurate results, but as I will have to deploy a lot o=
f measurement nodes, I need each of them to be very cheap. Electret microph=
ones such as Panasonic WM-61 are enough for my purposes. My only concern wi=
th them is that as I need to do measurements for a year or more, I need the=
 microphones to last as much as possible.
>>
>> Does anybody know (and if backed with data, better) if these microphones=
 can last when placed outdoors without breaking or suffering severe sensiti=
vity/frequency response deviations? How can I properly (and cheaply) protec=
t them? I can correct measurements with temperature data, and maybe also wi=
th humidity. Any other advices are welcome!
>>
>> Please avoid expensive commercial solutions (such as Class1/Class2 outdo=
or microphones).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>> PS: This topic is not 100% related to this group, as it deals with envir=
onmental noise, and not with nature sounds, but I think people in this grou=
p has for sure the experience and knowledge necessary to solve my problem, =
and the community might be interested in how to record sounds for long term=
 with cheap microphones.
>>
>> Sorry if I bother someone.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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