Hello and Happy New Year, New Century... and New Millennium to everybody! Following recent discussions of the night between the past millennium and the new... ...
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algage@...
Jan 1, 2001 3:42 pm
Happy New Century, Why did a person with some land in Costa Rica, and no recording ex- perience, order a Portadisc ? Well, four years ago he purchased a Sony...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 4:42 pm
Yes, I agree. Even though I am still using DAT (Sony TCD-D10 Pro's), they have been troublesome in the field and I've spent a lot of money keeping them running...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:03 pm
Don't get me wrong, DAT has served me very well for a number of years and none of my "clients" has complained about the quality of my recordings I've gathered...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:12 pm
Al: You are absolutely correct. Get behind those "manufacturers who design their products to dance with the computer." This is clearly the dance to dance. All...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:47 pm
... Yeah, I always used to think that I had incredibly bad luck - there was always a truck or an aircraft in the BG of my best recordings - then I realized...
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Dennis Hysom
dhysom@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:51 pm
For years, I've used DAT ( Sonys and Tascam) recorders in swamps, rainforests, snow, pouring rain, extreme humidity and bone dry areas and never, ever have...
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Don Lloyd
donlloyd@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:05 pm
A long tme ago I was working in a sound studio that overlooked a frog pond but was situated near a freeway and not too far from an airport. Whenever a loud...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:08 pm
DAT-Man Dennis: You must be living under a luck star. Lang...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:13 pm
Don: As you know, anecdotal evidence is entirely meaningless. I advise that you pursue this as a PhD thesis and then report back once you have some "hard data"...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:14 pm
Woops! that should read "lucky star"....
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Dennis Hysom
dhysom@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:19 pm
on 1/1/01 10:13 AM, [dhysom] at [compozarts.com] wrote: Lang, shouldn't that read 'whoops?' Dennis...
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Don Lloyd
donlloyd@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:35 pm
Dear Almost-Dr. Lang: I am a Dr. Science fan, but have only heard him on the radio, not seen him on TV. I remember a listener calling in once with a suggestion...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:38 pm
No, I meant to say "Shnoops!"....
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:43 pm
Dr. Science is very, very smart, and I always respect his advice. I remember another listener calling in and asking about going potty in the space station. Dr....
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Kevin J. Colver
kcolver@...
Jan 1, 2001 8:39 pm
Keep up the good work Walt! Walt wrote: It was a uphill battle to get them to allow audio to be a documentation method for official range records we are ...
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Neville Recording
songbird@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:05 pm
Hi Walt; Thanks for the HHB info re record time and batteries . The Marantz 650 also requires 8AA's and runs on a 12Volt charge. Could the 12Volt charge be the...
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Walter Knapp
wwknapp@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:07 pm
... It's always the case that you try to choose the best for your uses at the time. I try to keep track in a lot of things, so that when time comes I need to...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:15 pm
Yes, if I buy the Deva II, then rest assured there will be a much less expensive option available within the year. I can guarantee it! But, if I don't buy it,...
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Walter Knapp
wwknapp@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:16 pm
... Yes, it's realtime. I think the primary reason for this is that the ATRAC process is really working the processing. How much it does is limited by...
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Walter Knapp
wwknapp@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:04 pm
... I think it's just that the HHb is a more recent design and incorporates some new tricks in keeping power use down. The HHb's power socket is marked 12-14...
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Syd Curtis
sydc@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:05 pm
Many thanks Walter, for your response to my query on play-back with frogs. I had no idea what you would come up with, but knew it would be fascinating. ... No,...
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Jeffrey D. Daub
jd29@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:14 pm
Walt, thanks for the information on the new formats coming. I had not heard about these technologies. Also thanks for your DAT predictions and afterthoughts...
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Walter Knapp
wwknapp@...
Jan 1, 2001 11:11 pm
... Hard to know. In most frogs the details of the actual getting together of males and females are unknown. In most all we can say is that the males call, and...
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Jeffrey D. Daub
jd29@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:20 am
Walt, That reminds me of a pond up near Patilla Research Station in the Cloud Forest in Costa Rica where I recorded a couple of evenings. I took note of at...
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Wild Sanctuary
chirp@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:48 pm
Last year I presented a paper at the Acoustic Society of America on the subject of jet noise affecting the chorusing of spade foot toads (Scaphiopus hammondi)...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:15 pm
... I have two references that I use - one is a laminated two-sided card from the "Costa Rica Field Guide" series sold in tourist shops - it has illustrations...
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Neville Recording
songbird@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:49 am
Hi Walt; You're description of batteries and bags made me smile. I'm carrying 2sets of eight nicads in ziplock bags. Thanks for the tip re NIMH. I'll...
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Walter Knapp
wwknapp@...
Jan 3, 2001 5:14 am
... I'd get by with a lot less if I was not doing most of my work at night. The headlamps eat more batteries than anything else. You might want to look here if...
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Lang Elliott
lang@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:16 pm
Walt: What kind of headlamp do you use for frog work? I use a Nite Lite, which comes with a power adjustment potentiometer. When photographing frogs, I mount...
