What Affects Your Swiftlet Sound.

( material and size of the cone and copper plate affects the sound quality)

                                                  ( you can DIY this for Pooling sound)

                                                   ( Or would you prefer this..ohh)

I met up with a reader from Pahang yesterday. He wanted to know what affects the quality of swiftlet sound that plays from our Amplifiers.

I explained to him, “Firstly the original recording/remix has to be good in terms of clarity and sharpness”. The rest are relied on how the set up is made and what sound gadgets are being used.

The person who is doing the recording/remix must understand different type of chirping sounds. He must know what type of chirping sounds should be recorded and what must not be. A good editing process is essential so that unwanted sounds could be removed. In order to do this, he must have the ability to differentiate between many chirping sounds.

There are many different kinds of chirping sounds. To name few, the sounds from male birds in the mating season, sounds from female birds in heat, sounds from young birds, sounds from chicks crying for food, young chicks in fear, colony dominant sounds, the leader’s sound, sounds produced by the leader when entering the entrance hole, sounds of female birds laying eggs, fighting sounds, birds panicking sounds, injured birds sounds,  and so on…..

We must understand the different sounds in which the birds make. Be sure there is no unwanted sounds (fighting sound, birds panicking sound, injured birds sound, etc) being recorded/remixed into it.

But how many people really understand all these???????????

Besides the recording/remix, there are other sound equipments and gadgets that would affect the sound quality of the external and internal sound such as:

1)  Types of Tweeter

            a) Piezo

            b) Magnetic

            c) Coil (material of the coil, quality of the copper)

            d) Frequency in Hz (handling)

            e) Material of the Cone (paper wafer)

            f) Thickness of the tweeter (outer material)

            g) Size, shape and design.

            h) Output (Rms/Watt)

            i) and many more….

2) Types of Amplifier

            a) Channel handling capacity

            b) Quality and type of capacitor

            c) Transformer

            d) Frequency in DB

            e) Output handling (Watt)

            f) Harmonic distortion

            g) Frequency response Hz

            h) and many more……

3) Sound Systems Set Up.

            a) Tweeter formation

            b) Number of tweeters

            c) Types & size of wires (copper)

            d) Type of connectors

            e)  Number of Amplifiers

            f)  Ratio of wire to channel

            g) Types of tweeters for internal use

            h) Type of tweeters for external internal use

            i)  Ratio of Amplifiers to Tweeters

            j)  Wiring formation (speaker wire)

            k) and many more…….

The list can go on….

Have you ever wondered why you are using the same sound given by a friend, from a very successful farm, and yet it doesn’t attract many birds.

It could be the whole sound system set up problem.

Note: Not all tweeters and amplifiers are suitable for every swiftlet farm use. Some are custom designed specially made for acoustic and vocal purpose not for bird chirping sounds.

Good Swiftlet farming All.