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A warm welcome to the Wildlife Sound Recording Society (WSRS) website. The Society welcomes anyone who is interested in or has an appreciation of the sounds made by wildlife.
A core aim of the society is to encourage participation in the collection of these wonderful sounds, and to promote the need to understand their meanings.
Through its members, the Society fosters developing recording skills and techniques as well as promoting the study of bioacoustics. Members of WSRS benefit from learning about how to go about recording wildlife sounds, where to go, what equipment to use, what to do with the sounds that have been captured, as well as being alerted to some of the pit-falls to avoid.
New to wildlife sound recording? Take a look at our newcomer's guide to find out what you need to get started at a modest cost.
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When you have reviewed the website, we hope that you will see the many benefits of joining WSRS so that you can develop your interest into a hugely fulfilling pastime. Why not join with the rest of us in capturing and listening to the sounds of nature to experience and learn more about the spectacular natural world about us.
We look forward to meeting with you all.
The 2009 Members' Day was combined with a weekend-long workshop on practical recording skills and was a resounding success.
John Willett of Sennheiser and Mike Skeet, a professional sound-engineer,
provided in-depth, comprehensive and illustrated talks on microphone technology
and usage. The highlight of the afternoon was an inspirational lecture by
Geoff Sample on his own wildlife-sound-recording techniques and fieldcraft
skills, entitled "The Stakeout, the Chase, and the Loot".
The second morning of the workshop focused on computer editing with concurrent
interactive sessions on Adobe Audition and Wavelab followed in the afternoon
by demonstrations by Mike Oates of how to develop and build windshields
for use in wildlife sound recording. Mike focused on what not to do but
in doing so gave some very helpful insights into what really does work well.
Out
Now
The Autumn 2009 edition of Wildlife Sound.
It is packed with over 50 pages of news and articles on bioacoustics and sound recording techniques. Members of WSRS not only receive two editions of this magazine each year but also 4 CDs featuring members’ work, regular newsletters and invitations to participate in WSRS field recording weekends.
The annual Wildlife Sound Recording Society Competition is in receipt
of generous sponsorship from Sound
Network The Sound Network Award goes to the best recording in the
competition.
In 2008 the prize was won by Simon Elliott for his superb close recording
of a Sedge Warbler. His chosen prize of a pair of DPA 4060’s with associated
accessories. He is already finding the quality of these DPA microphones
amazing, and will be putting them to good use very soon. The Wildlife
Sound Recording Society wishes to thank Sound Network for their continued
support in raising the quality of natural history sound recording. Read
more...
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Wildlife Sound Recording Society.
The opinions expressed are those of the individual authors and not
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