When are the quietest times traffic wise? Do these coincide with good times=
for your desired vocalisations? If so perhaps a change of recording time (=
e.g. late night/ very early morning). You are in a very difficult situation=
there. Do you have alternative quieter locations you could choose?=A0Good =
luckPeter
On Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 19:05, "Kevin Lucas =
[naturerecordists]" <> wrote:
=A0 I would like to minimize noise from behind when recording with my pa=
rabolic setup. Standing on a roadside and aiming off towards vocalizing bir=
ds, I pick up a great amount of traffic sound. Would attaching some sound d=
ampening material to the back side of the dish help? It would be nice to le=
ssen the assault on my ears while I monitor the recording.
I have a homemade setup, using a Primo EM-172 capsule and a squirrel baffle=
, and I use an Olympus LS-11 recorder. Not being able to leave the roadside=
is non-negotiable in some places, due to private & native land access rest=
rictions that I respect. I use recordings to document rare birds.
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