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Re: Motion sensor automated recording with a Sound devices 744t.

Subject: Re: Motion sensor automated recording with a Sound devices 744t.
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:20 pm ((PST))
> There are basically two types of motion sensor. One detects changes in a=

> video image and the other triggers on sound. I found video triggering
> impractical as it has to be sensitive to work reliably, and every wind
> movement and passing moth triggers a run. Without a suitably long
> pre-record, sound triggering usually loses the interesting bit at the sta=
rt.

The SD recorders have a 10-second buffer at 48K sample rate, 5 seconds at 9=
Message: 6K. 
Subject: I've caught falling trees twice with the 10-second buffer!

-Dan





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