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Recordist's notes
A solitary bat recorded during a field recording mentoring session in Ghana. Gear: Soundman Binaural OKM II XLR, ZOOM F3, personal head and torso. This individual mentoring session was given to Emmanuel @emmanuel_csemghana @emma_csemghana during my 11-Day stay in Ghana. We pushed through the training eventhough I wasn't in the best state of health before and during the stay. Topics discussed on this previously observed site included: ☑️ Stereofield monitoring (movement of objects in space). ☑️ Focused and peripheral listening. ☑️ How omni-directional microphones work. ☑️ Balanced placement of microphones. ☑️ Handling of field recorders and batteries. ☑️ Listening with amplification. ☑️ Closed-back and open-back reference headphones and how they work. This program is supported by Earth fm with equipment set.
About the place
Koforidua is a city of about 151,255 people in Eastern, Ghana. OttoAnna lists 51 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3 and Binaural microphones. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.
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Sources & credits
- “2PPP+RV Koforidua, Ghana - A Solitary Bat at Night, Okorase, Ghana. Binaural” by Samuel Kudjodzi – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0