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From: "Jaffa Vanam" dub0777
Date: Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:27 am ((PDT))
Hey, sorry for crossposting but just maybe a simple add on question- do you
have any cool ideas for some DIY fluffy or any covers for such capsules,
that would stand against strong scottish winds ? :)


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> 1a
> Re: DIY reflecor microphone using bird feeder squirrel baffle.
> <#m_2318191836992199930_1a> by m_pesente
> 1b
> Re: DIY reflecor microphone using bird feeder squirrel baffle.
> <#m_2318191836992199930_1b> by "Peter Annear" 
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> 1a Re: DIY reflecor microphone using bird feeder squirrel baffle.
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> Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:54 am (PDT) . Posted by: m_pesente
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> Brian,
> as Dan wrote "there are two styles of nature recording with different
> purposes".
>
> I can suggest you the use of a parabolic STEREO microphone system, so you
> can use the parabola for the first purpose (to separate the bird from the
> environment), or hold the microphone outside the parabolic dish for the
> second purpose (soundscape).
>
> Marco Pesente
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> 1b Re: DIY reflecor microphone using bird feeder squirrel baffle.
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> Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:38 am (PDT) . Posted by: "Peter Annear"
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> Hi Brian,Thanks for these updates....we all learn from our own and others
> attempts. Your story, experience and experiments are very similar to mine=
.
> I ended up making a lightweight SASS on the Vicki Powys design and am
> pleased with it....but although it is VERY light its bulky. Yesterday on
> the beach in Cornwall I took my 2 mini omnis (Primo) and improvised a
> horizontal bar using 2 seagull feathers (end to end)and with two paper
> clips fastened them and the mics on to a "spaced array" to my Olympus LS1=
Message: 4.

Subject: > On a piece of driftwood branch about the fatness of my thumb I cut a
> 4"piece which I fitted into my sprung mic clip which I connected to a
> Gorilla tripod (small)...I cut a vertical slot for the feathers and hey
> presto! I will be downloading these recordings tomorrow and if there are
> any good sounds I'll let you know.I had big difficulty finding the sweet
> spot with my squirrel baffle mainly because the calculations available fo=
r
> finding  this assumes a mathematically (geometrically?) parabolic dish
> which the baffle is not. In the end I resorted to moving the mic around a=
nd
> listening. The problem then was that my hand (holding the mic) altered th=
e
> acoustic performance of the baffle and when I came to listen without my
> hand it didn't sound nearly so good! It was a good learning curve tho' an=
d
> it kept me busy for a few hours. I'm now saving up for a Telinga
> (foldable).How difficult was it to make up your own Primos?? I love sound
> recording! The problem solving, the gear and best of all getting out ther=
e
> and listening with intent!All the bestPeter
>
> On Saturday, 19 August 2017, 13:54, "
> [naturerecordists]" <> wrote:
>
>
>   Brian,
> as Dan wrote "there are two styles of nature recording with different
> purposes".
>
> I can suggest you the use of a parabolic STEREO microphone system, so you
> can use the parabola for the first purpose (to separate the bird from the
> environment), or hold the microphone outside the parabolic dish for the
> second purpose (soundscape).
>
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