Thanks for the reply. I've used the "slap the headphones" technique to
good advantage several times, though I find I have to keep doing it every
time I listen to the recording.
Dana
At 10:43 PM 6/26/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>Nice recording Dana, thank for sharing.
>
>Although sounds of insects flying are indeed part of the natural
>soundscape, they can easily dominate a recording. I charish the cool
>mornings of early Spring with no mosquitoes. One reason I avoid hand
>held arrays =96 is for the times I was chowed alive while attempting to
>stand motionless. Insect fly-bys might be fine, but it's not fine when
>they zoom in and fly circles around the microphones. In such cases,
>cutting the section between the first approach and the final exit may
>yield a result similar to natural flyby.
>
>When a mosquito lingers to close to the mic, I usually just slap the
>air beside my headphone until it goes away.
>
>- John Hartog
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