| Week #1 March 15, 2008 7:45 am |
mp3 23.2mb stereo |
This
was done as part of a Maryland Nature Recordists outing, Danny Meltzer
attended. Northern Cardinal, Sapsuckers, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay,
American Crow Jecklin, DPA 4006, 744t  |
| Week #2 March 23, 2008 6:15 am |
mp3 48.4mb stereo |
Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied woodpecker, American Crow ORTF, Schoeps MK21, 744t |
| Week #3 March 30, 2008 6:30 am |
mp3 80.8mb stereo |
As this recording begins you will hear my wife and I heading out for a hike, it was about 34 degrees Fahrenheit so we wanted to keep moving.
We returned about 45 minutes later as the morning chorus was
drawing to an end. During the slate, which I chose not to include
on the recording a great horned owl called once to another in the
distance. You'll hear the usual calls that I have outlined before. ORTF, Schoeps MK21, 744t |
| Week #4 April 12, 2008 5:49 am |
mp3 51.2mb stereo ~or~ a more compressed version: 26.4mb |
A
foggy, warm morning, after a thunderstorm, the first I've seen this
spring, temp was about 60 degrees farenheit. It was dark when I
arrived, but the Northern Cardinal just started to call. I was
hoping to get there early enough to catch the owls, but all I got was a
few eastern grey squrrels waking up (at about 15:50). I left most
of the slate on this track. The transient pops you hear is water rolling off the trees close to the microphones.
USE CAUTION, SOME OF THESE POPS MAY BE LOUD! The smaller version is actually a continuation of the large recording, note there is a loud jet about halfway through the compressed version (at about 13:30). Jecklin, DPA 4006, 744t |
| Week #5 April 20, 2008 6:15 am |
mp3 35.3mb stereo |
This
seems to be the quietest recording (in terms of wildlife) I've done
here yet. The forecast was calling for a morning thunderstorms
but it didn't start to rain until we were leaving. The wind
however was pretty constant. The trees haven't started to fill in
yet, they are only now starting to bud.. Jecklin, DPA 4006, 744t |
| Week #6 April 26, 2008 5:45 am |
mp3 Schoeps 51.7mb --- Sennheiser 51.1mb stereo |
I am trying to get up earlier to capture first light every week, but due to a number of factors I can only get so close. This week we have a technical comparison between two sets of microphones. The first set is my standard Schoeps ORTF configuration, a set of MK21 capsules directly into the Sound Devices 744t mic preamplifier. The second set, a demo set of the Sennheiser MKH 8040 configured in ORTF. Keep in mind that the pattern of the two sets is slightly different: the Schoeps is a wide cardioid, the Sennheiser is a classic cardioid. The same part of the sound file was used for each sample. in about the middle of the recording you will hear me swatting a spider, I was recovering from a few spider bites from the previous week at the time. ORTF, Schoeps MK21, 744t ORTF, Sennheiser MKH 8040, Grace V3, 744t |
| Week #7 May 10, 2008 5:24 am |
mp3 18.7mb stereo |
Foggy, rainy
morning caused a rain out, I recorded about 20 minutes or so before the
rain started growing more heavy. The undergrowth is filling out,
as is the canopy. Again the whip-poor-will was calling when I
arrived, in fact two or three of them were calling near the road before my hike in. I
must try a night recording here soon. This recording was so
nice I did cut out a short mid-section that I check how wet the mics
were, enjoy. ORTF, Schoeps MK21, 744t |
