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Title: Advice on recording sounds of nature
Post by: u2_fly_2 on March 01, 2014, 06:42:01 AM

Hi,
I´m starting to record pieces from the nature as a experiment (for example birds, dogs barking, waters, raindrops etc...) 

Wondering if anyone has done something similar and want to exchange some useful advices regarding setting up, positions of gear etc.

Ofcourse every situation is unique so I´m prepared to do alot of testing and adjusting to see what works best for each situation. Unlike the concerts and the "sweet-spots" there will be more testing and trying along the way.
Also I´ll do some post-production to slim things up if it´s needed I assume.

Any thoughts on this would be really great and interesting to hear from you, thanks.

My concert rig at the moment which I will try to use for this other experiment:
Soundprofessionals Audio Technica AT 943 (SP-CMC-8) External Stereo Microphones > SP-SPSB-10-80020
Sound Professionals Micro-mini microphone power supply with mini 12vdc battery and 24 inch hardwired output cable Soundprofessionals Batterybox >> Olympus Ls-10 Linear Recorder > 4 GB > 24 Bit / 48 Khz  > 24 Bit / 96 Khz
Roland R-26

Title: Re: Advice on recording sounds of nature
Post by: earmonger on March 07, 2014, 03:16:45 AM

You should check in with the folks who do it all the time:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/naturerecordists/info

Title: Re: Advice on recording sounds of nature
Post by: John Willett on March 07, 2014, 04:25:04 AM

Lots of info. on the site of the WSRS - Wildlife Sound Recording Society (http://www.wildlife-sound.org/).

Title: Re: Advice on recording sounds of nature
Post by: u2_fly_2 on March 07, 2014, 07:39:19 AM

Thanks for the links :-)