Summary: <p><img src="http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E148/MicComparisons.jpg" alt="[Microphone comparison workshop]" width="256" height="259" hspace="8" align="right"> This outings program is part two of a report on a trip to record nature sounds. You've got to be totally quiet; stand like a statue. And then, if you're in the right place at the right time, you'll capture your sound. (<a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/outings/E147.html">Part one is here</a>.)</p> <p>Our assistant producer Kate Taylor reports on her visit to the annual field recording workshop of the <a href="http://www.natursounds.org/">Nature Sounds Society</a>. She tells her story with the help of:</p> <ul> <li>Alton Byrd, a nature sounds hobbyist from Berkeley, California.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.naturesound.org/">Martyn Stewart</a>, a professional nature sounds recordist for the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/">BBC</a>.</li> <li>Chris Bell, a museum curator from Sydney, Australia.</li> <li>Hundreds of birds, amphibians, and a few domesticated mammals.</li> <li>Gina Farr, a multimedia producer from Marin Country, California.</li> </ul> <p>You can get tips from Dan Dugan on recording nature sounds by listening to our <a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/2007/06#E090">edition number 90, Listening to Parks</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wildebeat.net/support/">WildeBeat Members</a> can download an extended interview with Martyn Stewart and additional extended wild sound recordings from <a href="http://members.wildebeat.net/">WildeBeat Insider</a> web pages.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E148.mp3">Show number 148 [MP3 format; length 10:33; 2,356,042 bytes]</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E148-stereo.mp3">Combined show numbers 147 & 148, high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 17:40; 16,966,708 bytes]</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E148.html">Show number 148 script</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E148stereo.html">Show numbers 147 & 148 combined script</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E148/">Photo album</a></li> </ul><br clear="right"> For a complete audio archive, and to find out more, visit: www.wildebeat.net
