Re: [nfc-l] Microphone Upgrade

[Andrew Albright]

Ted that is a really nice article.  I do think you missed a cheap option.

Namely a $60 digital recorder with a $50 microphone and a "dish".  I would
bet this out performs a handheld recorder with the amplification.

During spring migration I will walk around with this setup and earphones
and I pickup more than I do by ear alone.

For night flight I leave this outside without worry of the microphone
getting wet (I put the recorder in a plastic bag).

All for not much more than a 100 bucks.

https://m.soundcloud.com/user3781125/pileated1

Sincerely,
Andrew Albright

On Friday, July 11, 2014, Ted Floyd  wrote:

> Hi, everybody.
>
> I recently posted an online review of various microphones for recording
> bird vocalizations. Flight calls per se aren't really my focus in the
> review, but several of the microphones I discuss (especially the
> directional, shotgun-style Olympus LS-10) are fine for flight calls--as
> long as you're actually out there with the recorder.
>
> Here goes:
>
> http://blog.aba.org/2014/07/how-to-record-birdsong-1.html
>
> Ted Floyd
>
> Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
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re:[nfc-l] Microphone Upgrade

[Ted Floyd]

Hi, everybody.

I recently posted an online review of various microphones for recording
bird vocalizations. Flight calls per se aren't really my focus in the
review, but several of the microphones I discuss (especially the
directional, shotgun-style Olympus LS-10) are fine for flight calls--as
long as you're actually out there with the recorder.

Here goes:

http://blog.aba.org/2014/07/how-to-record-birdsong-1.html

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA

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Re: [nfc-l] Microphone Upgrade

[Andrew Albright]

I would love to be able to hook my mic up to my smartphone and have an app
that shows sonagrams in real time.

 But right now I have an inexpensive workflow that works.

Sony bidirectional mic $55
Olympus recorder that records in mp3
---digital voice recorder ws-500m

I also bought a scientific parabola and attached the mic inside which
amplifies the sound.


On Thursday, June 26, 2014, Tom Auer  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm interested in improving my flight call recognition and I think the
> easiest way to do this will be to hear some of the sounds in real time and
> then check out the spectograms. I've used Raven and Audacity quite a bit,
> but where I'm lacking is a microphone.
>
> I don't have the cash to drop on true NFC flower pot mic, but am looking
> for something reasonable to attach to my phone, which has done well with
> recording recently using an Edutige. However, the Edutige doesn't quite get
> the fidelity on the flight calls for them to be identifiable in the
> spectrogram. Can anyone suggest a slight improvement up in mic quality that
> will get me the ability to capture NFCs? I'm looking at the Audio-Technica
> ATR-6550 shotgun mic as possibly the cheapest way, but am not sure if it
> will work.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> Tom Auer
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> National Audubon Society
> eBird Hotspot Editor for Montana
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