I suppose it is time I introduced myself to you all. I have been on the list for the last couple of months, and have found the discussions to be most erudite...
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Marty Michener
marty@...
May 2, 2001 1:10 pm
Dear Giles: Thanks for the introduction; you are right, things depend on your perspective - ethics, and all. You ask a really good, fundamental question, that...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
May 2, 2001 4:39 pm
... We're all in the same league here, I think. Some of us have more experience than others, but I know all the group members to be very helpful and anxious to...
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Steve Pelikan
pelikan@...
May 2, 2001 10:07 pm
Giles: Here in the Americas, birds typically respond quite well to even fairly "low quality" recordings. Many birders I know carry a small cassette recorder...
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RichPeet@...
May 2, 2001 10:44 pm
Giles, If they have not thrown me out yet your going to have to try much harder. You have not made it to even rude yet. I am responding as I have recorded with...
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Giles Mulholland
GMulholl@...
May 3, 2001 2:09 pm
Thanx for all the responses. Looks like I can't continue to be an audio-ignorant bird watcher any longer, so perhaps I had better start learning from you all...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
May 3, 2001 2:57 pm
... Do you have convenience stores and ski masks in South Africa? Doug Doug Von Gausig Clarkdale, Arizona, USA Moderator Nature Recordists e-mail group ...
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rai@...
May 3, 2001 4:41 pm
For recordists outside the U.S. that would like to record, but funds are unavailable, the question is not how to get the money, but how to get free equipment....
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Giles Mulholland
GMulholl@...
May 4, 2001 5:12 am
Doug Sadly, as you may be aware, South Africa currently suffers a serious crime problem in its city centres (not, though, where the sounds worth recording ...
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Fernando González-...
gonzalef@...
May 4, 2001 5:12 pm
Hello everyone recordist. Yesterday i received my new baby, it is Minidisc Marantz PMD 650. Before i can used it in the field i have some questions, although i...
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Eric V. Schmidt
ESP@...
May 5, 2001 12:35 am
Hello all; I have been receiving your news group postings for a couple of weeks now - and feel ready to pose a question. I have done some field recording and...
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Walter Knapp
wwknapp@...
May 5, 2001 2:18 am
... You are pretty much right, it's either DAT or minidisc, or being a early adaptor of some untried format. And, of course there are people in both camps. ...
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RichPeet@...
May 6, 2001 2:35 am
This is a noble vision that I will try to look into and find sources that can make a difference. To date I have been all tech and no teach. I know that I...
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Fernando González-...
gonzalef@...
May 6, 2001 2:41 am
Hi amigos, any of you has a Minidis Marantz PMD 650. Could you help with the following. . How must i connect the Minidisc Marantz PMD 650 to the PC sound...
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smayer@...
May 6, 2001 7:30 am
Can anyone tell me how the localities on the "Bird Songs of Alaska" and/(or?) "Bird Songs of the Rocky Mountains" CDs published by Cornell got so terribly...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
May 6, 2001 4:20 pm
... Hola Fernando, The "Line Out" from the MiniDisc goes to the "Line In" on the sound card. This is an analog input, as your sound card does not have a...
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Fernando González-...
gonzalef@...
May 7, 2001 1:43 pm
Doug, thanks a lot for your help. Yes now i know that i must have an additional Optical Digital I/O card if i want to transfer digital to digital, but Doug is...
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Reginald E. David
rdavid@...
May 7, 2001 3:53 pm
Aloha chatters: In keeping with list guidelines, I would like to introduce myself and let you know a bit about myself, my recording experience and my interest...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
May 7, 2001 4:08 pm
... You may find that this is just because you are using a "general purpose" mic made for the video camera instead of a mic better-suited for the work you are...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
May 7, 2001 4:13 pm
... No, it's not that important - it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to tell the difference between a recording that is transferred by the...
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mark_tierney@...
May 7, 2001 6:19 pm
Doug, I would have thought there would be a very noticeable difference in the quality between an anologue and digital input on something like a Sound Blaster...
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Walter Knapp
wwknapp@...
May 7, 2001 6:31 pm
... You should note that the digital input converts the 44kHz sampling rate to 48kHz internally in the card and then back to 44kHz. And apparently not the best...
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Marty Michener
marty@...
May 7, 2001 6:38 pm
Dear Mark: About six months ago, I did an extensive (for me, anyway) look into PC sound cards. Much of it was blabbed onto this group, so the archives should...
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Rob Danielson
type@...
May 7, 2001 8:02 pm
Hello-- Been reading the list for a month or two now. Seems that format will not be an issue in the not so near future for reasons Marty points out. Some...
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Callan Cohen
callan@...
May 7, 2001 9:54 pm
Hi all, On the topic of South Africans looking for recording equipment, Michael Mills and myself (we're both active birders and ornithology research students)...
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Jim Morgan
kingbird@...
May 8, 2001 3:02 am
... Don't know any thing about the MZR70 recorder but I own three others. Two MZR50s and one MZR55 they all work fine but the 55 has very short internal ...
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Jim Morgan
kingbird@...
May 8, 2001 3:05 am
... Don't know any thing about the MZR70 recorder but I own three others. Two MZR50s and one MZR55 they all work fine but the 55 has very short internal ...
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RichPeet@...
May 8, 2001 9:16 am
I use a laptop as a backup and specialty use recorder, with the first choice still being md. I have not found software that can do 24 bit with timecode. I...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
May 8, 2001 11:14 am
... The tests that I and other have done have shown virtually no difference between the analog input through the "line in" or pure digital. The guys with HSB...
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Doug Von Gausig
doug@...
May 8, 2001 3:29 pm
... transformer! ... I did not get the specs from Jensen, only the semi-finished product. The schematics are at http://www.naturesongs.com/nrfiles.html , about...
