... Far South-West of Western Australia near Northcliffe. There is a pretty large coastal wilderness zone 'down here'. Most of it is called D'Entrecasteaux...
... wrote: Greetings Friends, A brief intro: I have been making sound recordings for the past 3 years or so using a Marantz 670 with 2 mics; a Shure VP88, and...
Any reason why using a Dynamic EQ for filtering hiss in a nature recording is a bad idea? In the linked image you can see how I curved the Low Pass to conform...
Hi John-- Dynamic EQ can be very appropriate. I use it to tame harshness or exaggerated tones in all sorts events from very short percussions like single calls...
For those primarily recording the soundscapes of entire habitats (biophonies) in the Northern Hemisphere: Has anyone noticed changes this year in (1) creature...
recently a Sound Devices 442 was listed on ebay. I bid on it until prices soared above $1500. eventually the piece went for $2600. there were 8 or 9 bidders...
Survey question: Density-Gross Numbers in Maryland 2006 in Maryland, Bernie, creature diversity ( & numbers ) are both down dramatically in 2006 vs 2005, and...
Long before I ever heard of Nature recording, about 18 years ago, I spent a week in Morocco. As a 'precursor' of my germinating interest in natural sound, one...
David as I have already mentioned here before. I love my WL183's...deal of the century. If you are tight on cash...give em a shot. I use a Sound Professionals...
Hi Danny, As I mentioned to you, your set up of WL183 + Sound Professionals preamp sounds great! I heard again some of your African recordings and they are...
It is hard to indicate a trend based on one year. In general I was less in contact with bird list servs to follow my friends observations within my range, so...
Anybody know what the self-noise of the Ambient ATE 108 Emesser (bidirectional electret mic that clips to a shotgun to make MS) is? They call it "low noise,"...
Thanks, Rich. Good report. Bernie ... -- Wild Sanctuary P. O. Box 536 Glen Ellen, CA 95442 t. 707-996-6677 f. 707-996-0280 http://www.wildsanctuary.com...
I don't know if this means anything or not, since it's just one (I think) insect, but for the first time this year (in 7-8 years) there is at least one...
Bernie, This year in late May and June we noticed fewer swallows in our neighborhood in Shiga Prefecture (Kansai area), Japan. Normally there are about four...
I forgot to mention swallows being down by more than half in numbers in Maryland as well. less insects, i guess. rip lyttle, maryland ... From: Greg Peterson ...
... high ... different ... expensive ... Dan, thanks, I did forward to eBay security, and the emails were confirmed as bogus. I am still amazed at how...
A new universitary course on terrestrial and underwater bioacoustics has been set at the University of Pavia, Italy. The course belongs to the specialistic...
I can't really say much about last year compared to this year because I didn't record in the same areas this year. But as a general trend, voice density and...
Thanks for that, Debbi. The heat was brutal - 114° (45.6C) on 22 July and 115° (46.1C) on 23 July in Glen Ellen, California, with the longest stretch of...
Danny, Thanks for the suggestion. I understand the SD702 has good preamps; could I just use a battery box to power these mics? Antonio mentioned some African...
Thanks, Bruce. Of course, this is not meant to be a scientific survey by any means. Only general impressions. Bernie ... -- Wild Sanctuary P. O. Box 536 Glen...
Thanks, Greg. I just got a swallow report from the Nine Mile area, west of Missoula, Montana from a friend who said, like you, that it seemed that the...
Thanks for the story Kevin; in 2004 I spent several days & nights in the desert near Erfoud, but the only wildlife I saw evidence of were small beetles...
Posted by: "Wild Sanctuary" ... Both Georgia and N Florida are in severe drought this year. Here at my house we have recorded only 18" of rain for the year so...
Thanks, Walt. Here, (Sonoma) where the rainfall was 170% of normal and spring-like weather was a bit late by about two weeks, the biophonies were down...
... that ... Walt and others, Thank you for your comments about Zeppelin construction. I am thinking that I want a shell that is more durable than painted ...
