#971

This was absolutly beatiful. Thank you.

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#972

For other d100 owners wishing to use contact mics, this looks like a good solution:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01MRM8JXL/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=AMDE353JDRG7M&psc=1

2 x mono 1/4 ins to a stereo 3.5mm, with high to low impedance transformer (no rating is published though). Could plug in 2 contact mics for stereo.

#973

Any h4n Pro owners that can confirm/deny whether or not it will work as an iOS interface? Have read conflicting reports on the old model (h4n) and nothing on the pro.

:edit: My very sneaky wife got me a h4n pro for Christmas and it works so long as you connect through a powered hub. Cool!

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#974

Hi everyone, Iā€™ve recently expanded the Fleurieu Sound Map to include neighbouring Kangaroo Island. Itā€™s now the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map; abbreviated to FKISM to avoid repeated mouthfuls. There arenā€™t any site recordings on there yet; these will come in the next couple of weeks.

No doubt some of you will be aware of the devastating bushfires which have been occurring across Australia. Here in South Australia, parts of the Adelaide Hills and Yorke Peninsula were badly impacted, and the recent fires on Kangaroo Island have been catastrophic. Itā€™s the third largest island in AU, and a third of it was razed. An entire conservation area (Flinders Chase) is destroyed. The impacts to communities and the unique ecosystem are beyond comprehension.

So, this is one reason Iā€™m expanding the sound map. Also out of sheer solidarity and love for this beautiful place. You can read more about it on my blog:

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#975

The magpie imitating a fire engine is heartbreaking, like a childā€™s drawing from a conflict zone. They donā€™t deserve this.

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#976

An excellent - and incredible sad - analogy that hadnā€™t occurred to me. Some of the images/audio of affected wildlife Iā€™ve come across will stay with me forever. Especially the koalasā€¦the koalas. :pensive:

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#977

LOM announced their geophone and was sold out in minutes. Curious if there are other alternatives :slight_smile:

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#978

Was thinking of getting oneā€“especially since I 'm planning an Earth sound-based art installation. I held off though, because it wasnā€™t clear how it was substantially different than a contact mic for my purposes. The upper frequencies are limited and the lower frequencies donā€™t go into seismic monitor territory. The sound demos Jonas posted are all recordings that could have been done with contact mics. Very curious to see how the first batch gets used.

I just got a Metal Marshmallow, and a legit hydrophone (as opposed to my homebrew) would probably be a better choice for now.

#979

I was interested too in getting one but Iā€™ll wait for feedbacks and to hear what itā€™s capable of recording.
We have an aquarian audio H2a hydrophone at work (itā€™s super nice, cheap, can be burried too or used as a surface microphone with a special holder), and also an BrĆ¼el and KjƦr accelerometer which goes into seismic monitor territory, problem is even if it is extremely sensitive its also extremely noisy (and fragile, and really expensive, and it needs a special power supply), hence my interest in Geophoneā€¦

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#980

yeha the geophone audio extracts didnā€™t really sell me but then again jonas makes categorically cool stuff. iā€™ll wait to see how people like it then prob hop on the next batch

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#981

Is there technically any difference between a geophone and hydrophone anyway? Do aquarian state thatā€™s intended use then? Curious if you would gain anything with the LOMā€¦

#982

I have no idea about the differences between the twoā€¦
I donā€™t think aquarian hydrophones are supposed to be used that way but some of my students made great recordings burying it (the one we have is the buffered XLR version), whatā€™s really missing to be used as a pseudo-geophone is a threaded insert to fix it, hence my interest in Lomā€™s take on it.

#983

really? sure is not damaged (either the sensor or the charge amplifier)? the recordings I made with mine are quiet as if they were made in an anechoic chamber with no noise whatsoever.

#984

Which of the hundreds of models that they make do you have? Iā€™ve been looking to buy a cheap geophone for some time, but I canā€™t find anything that explains how to get audio out of them. Is it pretty straightforward?

#985

I was practically on the verge of aggravation (and then I got a grip) that they ran such a short production. I got the email 10 minutes after it hit my inbox and they were gone.

I emailed and Jonas is considering whether or not heā€™ll produce any more. I asked about making the design open sourced and he said heā€™s considering that too. Curious about other options.

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#986

Honestly it might beā€¦ I used it only a few times (with a SD788), but it was acquiered way before I took the job, I guess lots of students used it before. Iā€™ll definitely look into it next month when I go back to work :slight_smile:
Do you have a raw recording made with it by any chance? (Just to compare with what i got with ā€˜mineā€™.) Thank you.

#987

yes, check this reply I gave in the ā€œcontact micsā€ thread:


(disregard the ā€œleft bankā€ release, as the sound sources there are quite heavily mangled+granulated)

#988

donā€™t remember right now the model-numbers, I have three medium-sized and one miniature one.
but they are not ā€œgeophonesā€ even if I suppose they could probably used as that.
for recording the audio you simply plug a BNC to TRS or XLR cable into the recording device. depending on the settings of the charge amplifier, you either have something audible or something below 2Hz.

#989

A bit late no doubt, but I just purchased one and itā€™s boss. On board mics are pretty decent if handled correctly (or rather if the device is not handled at all) I have a pair of LOM Usi pros on the way, which I am very exited about. The menus and noise on my old H4n drove me absolutely bananas

#990

The simplest solution here is to put a strip of velcro tape on the bottom and secure your cables with it. Just ensure that you trim in narrowly enough that it doesnā€™t block any mount (eg Rycote) you might want to attach to the bottom.

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