Bernie,
Anthropophony is a little hard to say and might not be readily understood b=
y many.
I prefer the term =93racket=94 to describe the noise. :)
All the best to you and thank you for your great works.
Kevin Colver
On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:14 AM, Bernie Krause [naturer=
ecordists] <> wrote:
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> Sorry, I misspelled anthropophony, again. Corrected in the text, now.
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> BK
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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.
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> 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
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> 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.
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>> The question is: How many microphone/transmitter systems do you need to =
make? and how much are you prepared to pay for them?
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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!
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>> Please avoid expensive commercial solutions (such as Class1/Class2 outdo=
or microphones).
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>> Thanks,
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>> John
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>> 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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