A piece about the listening retreat will be broadcast on Jo Loosemore's `Review' arts programme tonight from 6pm to 7pm.
The programme's web page is
here.
You can listen online to Radio Devon
here.
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 22, 2008 at 4:56pm —
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Song Thrush at Bellever.mp3
Don't forget that you can upload mp3s to ning to allow others to download and listen to them. Above is a short recording of a song thrush from the Friday evening. I've done nothing to it other than add fades in and out.
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Tony
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 21, 2008 at 6:30pm —
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For those of you interested, the little pen bird song device I was using is from a company called
Bird Voice. I use it all the time on walks with groups etc.
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 21, 2008 at 6:27pm —
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There's a brief list of relevant sound books on one of my previous course websites
here. It'd be great if other group members could upload their recommendations too - quite a few books were mentioned this weekend. Same for websites and discussion groups ...
here are some of the ones I visit regularly.
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 18, 2008 at 11:30am —
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Some background on
mp3 file format.
Audio editor for mac that can
create mp3 files -
Amadeus. Audacity will also do this, but may need the Lame encoder downloaded - follow the instructions on the Audacity website
here.
Places where you can
upload audio files for free for others to play…
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 18, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Parabolic microphones -
Telinga.
Binaural microphones - Tonys are by
Soundman Richards through
Sound Professionals.
Bat Detectors can be bought through
Alana Ecology Continue
Added by Tony Whitehead on May 18, 2008 at 10:00am —
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Go
here for a good introduction to audio recording tools.
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 16, 2008 at 10:27pm —
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Sound walking in the mist and drizzle...
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 16, 2008 at 10:21pm —
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For analysing birdsong there's an excellent, and now free, piece of software called Raven ... download it
here.
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 16, 2008 at 10:16pm —
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Day one, 5:15pm, and a tad misty! Still, at least its not raining heavily and the birds are still singing.
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 15, 2008 at 5:29pm —
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Hi All ... A lovely morning spent up around Bellever Tor checking out a few walks. The highlight was hearing my first cuckoos of 2008, and indeed watching a pair being harried by an angry meadow pipit (one of the cuckoo's `hosts' 'round these parts). Weather was OK, a few drops of rai…
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 14, 2008 at 4:30pm —
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Looks as though the weather will be changing over the next couple of days, doesn't sound too bad though, here's the Met Office summary. "Unsettled with showers or longer outbreaks of rain which could be heavy and thundery at times. Some dry and brighter interludes. Much cooler than of late too." Don't know about you, but I quite like thunder!
Anyway... don't forget to pack waterproofs.
all the best
Tony
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 13, 2008 at 11:12am —
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Just a quick note .... don't forget if would like to leave a post on the main page here, simply click `add blog post' and enter text, images links or files as you like then click `publish' as you would with other blogs. I'm hoping we can use this during the course to let others know what we are doing. And, on that, please fell free to tell people about this site.
Tony
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 9, 2008 at 8:30pm —
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... and, talking of radio, should you want to hear a broadcast I did recently for Radio Devon go
here.
And for something related that is still making me smile, go
here.
cheers
Tony
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Added by Tony Whitehead on May 8, 2008 at 8:32pm —
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