Thanks for the info, Jesse. I did hear about the sound card for Rasberry Pi. There is the Blue Icicle that has an XLR adapter, USB connection, and pre-amp that could be used with a computer that has a sound card. I’d like to find a small computer than can record for a few days to a week on D-batteries. Perhaps no such thing exists as yet. I suspect even Beaglebone would require more power than that?
John From: bounce-120518229-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120518229-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jesse Ross Sent: May-25-16 15:17 To: John Kearney <john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> Cc: Jerald Reb <jrebel...@gmail.com>; nfc-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16 Hi John, The Raspberry Pi can be used for audio recording, but it does not have a microphone jack, so the sound has to come in through USB or a custom sound card such as this (which claims to support 24-bit!): http://readwrite.com/2014/03/11/raspberry-pi-wolfson-sound-card-3-ways-to-use-it/ Raspberry Pi is not optimized for low power consumption, so if you're looking to run off of battery you might have better luck with other board-based computers which are a bit more careful about power. I've heard good things about Beaglebone. best wishes, jesse On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:39 AM, John Kearney <john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: Thanks Jerald. I find it very interesting to learn what other people are using for nocturnal monitoring. It often gives me new ideas. I’m curious to know if anyone has tried using the Raspberry Pi computer as a recording device and how long it could run on batteries. John From: Jerald Reb [mailto: <mailto:jrebel...@gmail.com> jrebel...@gmail.com] Sent: May-25-16 13:20 To: John Kearney < <mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> Cc: <mailto:nfc-l@cornell.edu> nfc-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16 Hi John, I'm in Delaware, I meant to include that and forgot. Yes, I record overnight, and I save calls that I hear live. I'm using a mic that I built loosely following the plans on the Oldbird website, and a preamp that I bought from Amazon. For recording I use Raven lite while listening live, but I record overnight with audacity and the oldbird detectors. Jerald On May 25, 2016, at 11:48 AM, John Kearney <john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: Hi Jerald, An impressive list! Have you told us where you are located? Are you recording and if so, what kind of equipment are you using? John From: <mailto:bounce-120517698-28417...@list.cornell.edu> bounce-120517698-28417...@list.cornell.edu [ <mailto:bounce-120517698-28417...@list.cornell.edu> mailto:bounce-120517698-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jerald Sent: May-25-16 12:38 To: nfc-l < <mailto:NFC-l@cornell.edu> NFC-l@cornell.edu> Subject: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16 Hello all, Last night was great for migration, and I had the following species fly over: Shorebird Sp. (NFC 2) YBCU (NFC 1) SWTH (NFC 76) VEER (NFC 13) WOTH (NFC 1) AMRE (NFC 12) CAWA (NFC 1) Warbler Sp. (NFC 57; many zeeps) BOBO (NFC 2) I also had two possible Cape May Warblers. 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