We Are Nature Recordists.

Jan Auke van der Wal. posted "Waves coming ashore."

Jan Auke van der Wal. — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:20:56 GMT

Philips Voicetracer, using my shoes as a wind shield, a bout 3 meters of the water. Beautiful, sunny wheather. Long weekend with my wife, my eldest daughter and my wife’s parents in the south-west of the Netherlands, the province of Zeeland, at the peninsula of Schouwen Duiveland.

Jan Auke van der Wal. posted "Bastaardkikker, Groene kikker, Edible frog (Rana esculenta)"

Jan Auke van der Wal. — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:10:40 GMT

Springtime in The Netherlands. Philips Voicetracer, condenser microhones.

Jan Auke van der Wal. posted "Wetlandbirds."

Jan Auke van der Wal. — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:29:14 GMT

Beautiful sundown, no wind. All kinds of wetlandbirds, gathering in the shallow water. On the opposite riverside traffic sounds.
Typical wetland birdsounds of the Netherlands. In this case the birds are gathering one evening in a large number in springtime, you can hear a lot of the same birds.
It’s sad to know that some species are decreasing in number. So what you hear is rather unusual these days.
Philips Voicetracer 7890.

David Michael posted "Preamp testing"

David Michael — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:29:35 GMT

Untitled from David Michael on Vimeo.

Water dripping, recorded in 2 microphone and preamp configurations:

MS30/40 → FR2LE
MS30/40 → MixPre → FR2LE

Conclusion:
FR2LE has very quiet preamps. It behaves the best when input gain is at about 75-80%. A little noisy at the top of its range. But just a little.

None of these recordings were normalized.

Jan Auke van der Wal. posted "Tiny Flies (Dansmuggen), Chironomidae."

Jan Auke van der Wal. — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:59:27 GMT

Tiny insects along the dike, for miles in clouds. Flying and dancing in the soft wind on a warm, sunny spring morning, early May 2009. In a distance of about 500 meters you can hear the blades of a giant wind generator at a farm. A skylark is singing while hanging in the air to get higher and higher in a show flight.

Jan Auke van der Wal. posted "Dendrocopus Major (Woodpecker)"

Jan Auke van der Wal. — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:46:46 GMT

Walking with a humble recording set. Very lightweight, carrying. `Philips Voicetracer 7890. Woodpecker hammering on a tree, an echo included.
Saturday morning at eight o’ clock.