A suggestion I forwarded to Susan in regard to her request for advice on recording equipment might also be of interest to others so I am sending it to the list. ____________________________________
I suggest "Sonifex Courier" the specifications can be found at "http://www.sonifex.co.uk/courier/cospec2.shtml";. It has two advantages, in my opinion: 1) It gives a very clean recording, very little machine noise. For an equipment comparison we did last field season please see "http://www.whale-watch-east.com/research/2003/right_column.html";. Please note that I had the Sony DAT checked by a Sony technician after the tests were run and was told that the recorder was within spec. 2) It records directly to "wav" format so there is no need to convert the "DAT" format to "wav" before starting the Computer analysis. Further, I have been told that they are very rugged. They have been submerged in sea water and washed out, and ran without a pause once dry. Regards Chuck Schom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
