Hello everybody. This is my first post, and I am new to all this. My name is David Barnas from North Tonawanda New York (Buffalo). I'm 34, and want to get into...
Posted by: "Marc Myers" ... Then the kids are the ones that started this one. Quicktime is known to be a Apple product. Badmouthing it when it's not the...
Those in the southwest wishing to record wolves may want to consider the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary (http://www.wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org) in NW New Mexico. ...
Some time ago Oriyoki suggested the Olympus DS-30 voice recorder might be suitable to record field notes and to document bird songs for identification. I have...
In order to study the difference between a Rycote suspension system/ windshield and the Cavsion version I rented a Rycote system in addition to a Rycote...
Definitely check the archives for answers to similar 'getting started' questions. But we are a nice lot and happy to help. Welcome to the group David! Danny...
Thanks for a very interesting report. I went to a Cavision dealer here in Vancouver on Friday, but all their unites were out for rental. I just wanted to...
Thanks for sharing, David. I think the DS-30's clarity of sound is easily good enough to help with identification. The noise of handling can be reduced by...
The speaker quality is easily good enough to review bird sounds in the field. However, the volume can be set quite high, and one would have to be careful to...
... Perhaps some quotation scrambling. I believe Walt wrote this. I assume he is referring to ACC (iTunes default format and also the default format for mp4 QT...
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lek_%28mating_arena%29 A lek is a gathering of males, of certain animal species, for the purposes of competitive mating...
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Hi Rob I don't find it a problem to play AAC files in Windows as long as any file with the extension .m4a is changed to .mp4 they play in Windows Media Player...
Posted by: "Tim Nielsen" ... The bands that Rycote uses are just standard silicon o-rings in specific sizes. They charge the earth for them, but regular o-ring...
Tim yes, I rented what looked to be an old trashed Rycote system and was probably why they charged me half of the normal rental price... what was weird is that...
Thanks! I could have looked that up myself, but thought it was an obscure technical term - I'm a sound engineer, not a birder, so pardon me for not knowing! I...
... Hi Philip-- Thanks for the feedback! Useful to know. ... I agree. Selecting a specific app to launch a file is usually all one needs to do to use many rich...
Ya, what is with those companies that build this crap. I spend hours and hours trying to get this thing to work and you would think that I want to be a rocket...
You need to insert it at the side mate, anyone knows that!!!!!!!! Martyn **************************************** Martyn Stewart Bird and Animal Sounds...
Not that anybody asked... but here's a list of field recorders that (1) have XLR mic input jacks; and (2) carry batteries internally The list is sorted by...
Hi, the recording are very nice and interesting. I'd like to know what microphones were used and how far they were approx. from the subject. The background is...
I am about to invest in some new gear (and am giving thought to protocols) and have the following questions regarding recording natural sound -- particularly...
Posted by: "Rob Danielson" ... Guilty as charged. ... Maybe mp3 will survive, but what I referred to was the choice of the AAC format by the controlling powers...
On the issue of compression, you're going to get various opinions. Some people will tell you that they'd never record compressed. Others swear by the HHB...