Post by vance winsor on Jul 6, 2006 15:18:28 GMT -5
These taken from BRFRO website at:
www.bfro.net/avevid/SierraSounds/911.asp
Northwest 911 Call (Puget Sound, Washington)
Whoops and Knocks (Sierra Nevada Mountains, Eastern California)
Ohio Howls; Mississippi Howls
Interaction Vocalizations - aka "Samurai Chatter" (Sierra Nevada Mountains, California)
"Florida Howl" - the first howl recording from the state of Florida
Bipedal Walking (outside Honobia, Southeast Oklahoma)
More Howl Recordings (various states)
One of the most important things the BFRO can do, with the help of the Internet, is to familiarize the public with sound recordings. The vocalization recordings linked above should, in time, lead to other evidence, as a greater percent of people become familiar with these sounds -- familiar enough to recognize them and report them.
Newer, mini-disc audio recording kits (like those made by Sony) cost around $300. They can record high quality audio for several hours continuously. Being equipped to record hours of continuous audio, is a good thing to focus on first, if you are trying to outfit yourself for the field.
As with owls and coyotes, humans hear sasquatches more often than they see them. A random person's chances of getting a clear audio recording of a sasquatch is far greater than getting a clear daylight video.
One of the many advantages of a digital audio recorder (either solid-state or mini-disc) is that you can push the record button and forget about it for several hours. Sound is recorded from every direction. They do not need to be aimed. They do not need to be focused. They can be set on the roof of a car, or outside a tent, or attached to backpacks. They are hands-free, low maintenance, rugged and reliable.
We previously thought the audio recording capability of video camcorders was sufficient for the field. During the course of the expeditions we saw that people would usually try to conserve their camcorder batteries and camcorder tape. They usually would not have their camcorders rolling continuously. Whereas, those who were carrying separate audio recorders (either digital or mini-disc) tended to be recording more often.
Vocalizations and sounds of sasquatches often fall into known categories, such as howls, screams, growls, chatter, whoops, knocks, etc. People who have obtained recordings of these sounds tend to circulate what they consider to be the best example of a certain type of sound. In other words, if they have a handful of clips of screams from a particular night, they don't release the fainter instances of the screams. They release the best example. They don't even try circulate the hours of uneventful recordings, or the less audible sequences.
If a recordist is planning to use a clip for sound blasting (using a recording as an attractant), they usually limit its circulation. We want people to recognize these sounds, so we will focus attention on the clearest examples -- except for those we use ourselves, or will use, in the field. Sound blasting a particular recording tends to elicit responses only the first few times it is used in a given area, if at all. So even when the circulation of a recording is restricted, it won't be helpful for very long in the same area. If it provokes responses in one area, it will tend to provoke responses in other habitat areas as well, but only the first time, or the first few times. The responses cannot be provoked indefinitely in any one place. So a recordist needs to collect new, different, recordings whereever he/she can, and blast them in different areas whenever possible, if the recordist seeks to provoke and record clear responses.
It can be a long, involved process, but it will likely yield useful results faster than efforts focused solely on video footage.
Feel free to email the sound files as attachments to anyone you know who lives in a sighting area. Ask them if they have heard any of these sounds before. If they have, please ask them to let us know through the BFRO's sighting report form (click here).
www.bfro.net/avevid/SierraSounds/911.asp
Northwest 911 Call (Puget Sound, Washington)
Whoops and Knocks (Sierra Nevada Mountains, Eastern California)
Ohio Howls; Mississippi Howls
Interaction Vocalizations - aka "Samurai Chatter" (Sierra Nevada Mountains, California)
"Florida Howl" - the first howl recording from the state of Florida
Bipedal Walking (outside Honobia, Southeast Oklahoma)
More Howl Recordings (various states)
One of the most important things the BFRO can do, with the help of the Internet, is to familiarize the public with sound recordings. The vocalization recordings linked above should, in time, lead to other evidence, as a greater percent of people become familiar with these sounds -- familiar enough to recognize them and report them.
Newer, mini-disc audio recording kits (like those made by Sony) cost around $300. They can record high quality audio for several hours continuously. Being equipped to record hours of continuous audio, is a good thing to focus on first, if you are trying to outfit yourself for the field.
As with owls and coyotes, humans hear sasquatches more often than they see them. A random person's chances of getting a clear audio recording of a sasquatch is far greater than getting a clear daylight video.
One of the many advantages of a digital audio recorder (either solid-state or mini-disc) is that you can push the record button and forget about it for several hours. Sound is recorded from every direction. They do not need to be aimed. They do not need to be focused. They can be set on the roof of a car, or outside a tent, or attached to backpacks. They are hands-free, low maintenance, rugged and reliable.
We previously thought the audio recording capability of video camcorders was sufficient for the field. During the course of the expeditions we saw that people would usually try to conserve their camcorder batteries and camcorder tape. They usually would not have their camcorders rolling continuously. Whereas, those who were carrying separate audio recorders (either digital or mini-disc) tended to be recording more often.
Vocalizations and sounds of sasquatches often fall into known categories, such as howls, screams, growls, chatter, whoops, knocks, etc. People who have obtained recordings of these sounds tend to circulate what they consider to be the best example of a certain type of sound. In other words, if they have a handful of clips of screams from a particular night, they don't release the fainter instances of the screams. They release the best example. They don't even try circulate the hours of uneventful recordings, or the less audible sequences.
If a recordist is planning to use a clip for sound blasting (using a recording as an attractant), they usually limit its circulation. We want people to recognize these sounds, so we will focus attention on the clearest examples -- except for those we use ourselves, or will use, in the field. Sound blasting a particular recording tends to elicit responses only the first few times it is used in a given area, if at all. So even when the circulation of a recording is restricted, it won't be helpful for very long in the same area. If it provokes responses in one area, it will tend to provoke responses in other habitat areas as well, but only the first time, or the first few times. The responses cannot be provoked indefinitely in any one place. So a recordist needs to collect new, different, recordings whereever he/she can, and blast them in different areas whenever possible, if the recordist seeks to provoke and record clear responses.
It can be a long, involved process, but it will likely yield useful results faster than efforts focused solely on video footage.
Feel free to email the sound files as attachments to anyone you know who lives in a sighting area. Ask them if they have heard any of these sounds before. If they have, please ask them to let us know through the BFRO's sighting report form (click here).