Thanks for all the replies. I'll work out where the focal point on the dish and start from there. I'm assuming that the idea is align the diaphragm with the...
Dear Steve: In answer to your amplification question, here is what I use. A little set of speakers with their own amp, that plugs into the earphone jack. I got...
if you want a small, lightweight amp look at the car showrooms. i remember buying a car amplifer at radio shack for five or ten dollars. it puts out 40 watts...
Hi Paul, It is best to locate the focal point by ear. It seems to me the equation being discussed will not give the depth of the focal point, because the...
... You get what you pay for. Providing good sound to an audience isn't a trivial pursuit. ... Please, only in an emergency! People who are giving you their ...
... Please! Is your approach to selecting a nature recording microphone to use the cheapest one? The art and craft of speaker engineering has made great...
(sorry for cross-posting) [KALERNE EDITIONS] *** new CD publication *** CHANTS OF FROZEN LAKES by Marc Namblard April 2008 more info and sound extracts :...
I appreciate what you're saying, Dan, but there is some grace and elegance in a DIY approach, too. And sometimes making your own gear is a necessity. And...
i said cheap. not bad quality. corrugated card board is very light for given rigidity and it is very tough. i have carried a transmission line speaker built...
Steve, I will chime in here and say that it depends on the size of your audience. I will recommend you consider powered loudspeakers that have the amplifiers...
<http://www.awi.de/en/research/new_technologies/ marine_observing_systems/ocean_acoustics/palaoa/palaoa_livestream/> or http://tinyurl.com/24stvy [Non-text...
Hi all, Being completly new to this group i hope i'm not posting a wrong thread ... I'm starting to edit a quite beautiful short film located in the Comores...
... Thanks Kim! Fascinating. The Ogg Vorbis stream is better, as they suggest. On needs the (free) VideoLan Player for this format. I listened for over an...
can someone please throw a few pebbles in the pond? not hearing much this morning ;)) (or is that microsound ;) lots of whales and calfing-icebergs yesterday ...
Hi All, In an effort to fund my current needs, I am going to have to part with one of my recorders. I am going to put this portable mono cassette recorder on...
This may seem like a stupid question but...... With the 'roll up' parabolic from Telinga, how accurately does it return to the correct shape when un-rolled??...
Hi John, Good question, eventually it returns to more or less normal shape.Temperature, amount of time rolled up and tightness of roll all play a part in time...
Hi! John! I´m planning for a trip to Capri next week. I have put my Telinga parabolic in some kind of sport bag. It has been there for a couple of weeks. When...
It's important to keep the rolled time to a minimum. The dish should be stored unrolled. If you keep a Telinga dish rolled up for several weeks, it can...
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions! It turns out the weakest link in the audio system I'll be using for the presentations is the soundcard in my old...
... You probably are going to turn up the output from the laptop all the way to get ~ line level. Does the laptop have a cardbus/PCMCIA slot? Its $200USD, but...
Hi all, Hoping someone either knows of a lower cost alternative to the Sound Devices CL1, which costs around US$325-375 or has some control documentation on...
... The protocol is available publicly. I myself am working on a lil remote control (very simple, just rec/stop and some VU Led's). The PDF used to live on...
... [approaching off topic] I would be interested in this approach as well, at my day job I am testing a new (Microchip microcontroller-based) product I just...
Sorry for the cross posting: We are going to be hosting the 3rd annual Nature Audio recording workshop May 23rd through May 25th at the University of...
... I'm not clear what folks' goals are, but for starting/stopping the recorder at programmed times, there's a setting in the 722/744T menu that will instruct...
... Me, I am curious to try some unusual things like making 5 minute recordings on the hour every hour for weeks off my porch, etc., things like that... ...
