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Subject 1: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Rain, Rainstorm. Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 00:48:08. Subject 2: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Rain, Thunder. Timecode In: 00:48:27. Timecode out: 01:08:16. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Rain drops, Dripping rain. Timecode In: 01:10:08. Timecode out: 01:47:40. Subject 4: (Interview). Subtitle: Rex Cocroft. Timecode In: 01:15:23. Timecode out: 01:43:06. Notes: Treehoppers; Membracidae. Equipment Notes: Decoded MS Stereo to 0:48:08; Spaced Omni Stereo using MKH 20 to 1:09:18; Spaced Omni Stereo using DPA 4060 to end. Ecuador DAT Log 10 Key: DPAs: twin DPA 4060 omnis head=spaced MS: undecoded mid-side with MKH50 hypercardioid mid, MKH30 fig8 side 20s: split track or spaced stereo with twin MKH20 omnis RC = Rex Cocroft AC = Alex Chadwick FW = Flawn Williams DAT 10: Monday Oct 31 morning 00000 *****MS rainstorm off cabin 11 porch continued: heavy, 00645 then lighter, good drips and plops 01450 then heavier again 04145 still chugging along in MS with good rain and occasional thunder 04840 ***** After breakfast, lighter rain and good thunder with spaced 20s omnis 10600 ***** thunder roll with moderate rain 10820 FW b/anc various types of rain and thunder and one Oropendola bird 10918 Switch to DPA omnis on single wire mount for Flawn umbrella walk with Rex to treefall to record raindrops thru pickup(these are Rex 1031 files 14-17) 11010 ***** rain on umbrella at quiet camp with DPAs under umbrella, occasional bird 11212 Alex gives Rex bigger umbrella, RC and FW set off down the trail, wet footsteps and umbrella popcorn 11310 ***** RC quick stop at plants in camp, then walk on into forest, more indirect drops, less umbrella 11500 ***** some closer footsteps 11520 RC: It looks like they've completely gone from that one stem. Some of them moved over here. Most of the ones we recorded yesterday have dispersed. FX zipper bag 11600 RC: ***** I'm getting out my recording gear because I want to record what the rain sounds like from the insects' perspective. 11700 FX setting up gear, zipping bag shut. 11750 RC: OK, I've got recorder and amplifier connected, I'm going to attach the accelerometer to the stem right next to this aggregation of insects. 11845 RC: I don't hear the rain. Move the umbrellas back. And, uh...WOW. It sounds about like the rain on your umbrella if the drops were sort of the size of baseballs? 11930 RC: The insects themselves are completely quiet. 12140 RC: ***** Although it's raining steadily there are so many layers of leaves between us and the sky, we're actually not getting any direct rainfall on these plants. So instead, what we're getting are occasional drops dripping down from branches and leaves higher up in the canopy. 12245 RC: I believe the leaf area index for forests like this is about seven. That is, as you go from the ground up to the sky you're gonna pass through, on average, seven different levels of leaves. And this really dramatically illustrates that. Because we're getting absolutely no direct rain at all. (12325 Rex notices he isn't recording yet, starts recording, NEW file 15, note there's an older file 15 too!) 12425 ambi while Rex records raindrops on leaves with accelerometer 12825 RC: I'm gonna record a bit more. This is fairly sporadic, so there are fairly long stretches where nothing's happening. So if you were to use this I think you'd have to wait for those times when there's a flurry of drops and those only come every minute or so. 13200 RC: I'll just note that this is the same group of insects that we were recording yesterday. There were two groups, one on each of two stems. One of the groups has now dispersed completely, and in the other group, most of the individuals are still there. (Pause) We could try to see if we could get them to call, but so far they've been c... (Notes truncated)
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- Sennheiser MKH 20; Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 50
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- Cataloged
- 8 Jul 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 8 Jul 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 8 Jul 2010 - Ben Brotman