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Drunk robins - Happy Robin Day

Subject: Drunk robins - Happy Robin Day
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Thu Jan 5, 2017 11:02 am ((PST))
Each year, on almost precisely the same day (4 January last year), American=
 robins gather by the thousands where we live in Northern California, to fe=
ast and get drunk on the small toyon (looks a bit like holly) berries that =
ferment in the woods surrounding us just after the 1st of January. After ea=
ting the berries, a sea of orange staggers around the driveway until they s=
ober up enough to take flight. Walking amongst them in this short example r=
ecorded about an hour ago are three of four deer that frequent where we liv=
e.

https://soundcloud.com/wildsanctuary/robins-glen-ellen-010417 <https://soun=
dcloud.com/wildsanctuary/robins-glen-ellen-010417>

Check it out. (Recorded w/ SD722, MKH 30/40 MS mic combo. Originally sample=
d at 96k/24bit.

Bernie Krause

Wild Sanctuary
POB 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-938-5388


> On Jan 4, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Dan Dugan  [naturerecordists]=
 <> wrote:
>
>
>
> Picking up this old thread after returning from Australia and New Zealand=
:
>
>> I use the Rich Peet technique, imaging array in front (Jecklin for me) a=
nd rear channels wide spaced omnis.
>>
>> One thing I've always wondered about, for lack of a better term, DIY sur=
round setups is how you monitor in the field whether the image you are prod=
ucing is 'correct' or satisfactory, or otherwise not going to cause phasing=
 or other issues. I suppose it is a case of trying out multiple setups over=
 a prolonged period and eventually settling for a positioning and distance =
between the four mics that 'works=92?
>
> I monitor in the field for mic/cable problems, no attempt to critique ima=
ging or equalization. I=92ll put in high-pass filters when wind noise appro=
aches overload, but otherwise don=92t touch the audio at the acquisition st=
age.
>
> -Dan
>
>
>









"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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