Members the stranger Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 These little critters have been making quite the racket lately. I actually love the sound...it reminds me of when I'm sitting in front of a campfire at night enjoying the fruits of mother nature. Of course, these guys are making a bit too much racket for any critical recording. Should I: 1. Start a campaign against the crickets? Make it a personal mission to eradicate and eliminate? But, isn't it bad luck to kill a cricket? By extension, I'm assuming trying to exterminate a whole city block of chirping crickets with my bare hands might result in some bad karma or something even more spooky. 2. Live in peace with the crickets and be thankful for that pleasant forest ambiance they are adding to my recordings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted September 5, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2007 Fog 'em then pray for forgiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 option 2 worked for buddy holly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spikemullings Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 1. Always keep a straight bat 2. Don't get caught playing across the line 3. Keep an eye out for the googly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bubbluz Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Grandma always said "It's bad luck to kill a cricket in your house." dunno about your studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ara Ajizian Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Let a bunch of lizards loose in there. That should take care of the crickets, and lizards don't make noise. It's the obvious solution here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Back in the early 80s I heard about some guys who kept hearing a cricket in their studio. Finally they closed down for a day and tore everything apart, looking for the noisy little guy. But it was hard because he seemed to only chirp at certain times. They pulled all the racks out, pulled the patchbay half out, moved the console table to lookunder, moved all the snakes around, went through the mic and cable lockers. No cricket. Exhausted, one of them plopped down into the producer chair and rocked back. They all heard it. One of them started looking around. But another guy said, hold on. He pulled the guy out of the producer chair. The cricket noise stopped. He plopped the guy back down into it. They heard the cricket noise. "Hold perfectly still." The cricket noise stopped. "Now, move around, rock the chair" The chirping reappeared... its rhythm tied not to the ambient temperature -- but to the movement of the chair. One of the guys -- a Full Sail grad, I think [just kidding, long time ago] -- said: "Damn, how did the cricket get in there?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 One of the advantages of working with audio is that I really can detect a soundsource. So, getting to know where the MoFo crickets are is way too easy. I walk slowly towards the sound source ... and blast it with RAID Bad karma my a**. I can not stand a damned cricket inside my home / studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 One of the advantages of working with audio is that I really can detect a soundsource. So, getting to know where the MoFo crickets are is way too easy. I walk slowly towards the sound source ... and blast it with RAID Bad karma my a**. I can not stand a damned cricket inside my home / studio. Oohhh!!! You're just asking to be reborn as a cricket aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted September 5, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 Of course, these guys are making a bit too much racket for any critical recording. Should I: 1. Start a campaign against the crickets? Make it a personal mission to eradicate and eliminate? But, isn't it bad luck to kill a cricket? By extension, I'm assuming trying to exterminate a whole city block of chirping crickets with my bare hands might result in some bad karma or something even more spooky. 2. Live in peace with the crickets and be thankful for that pleasant forest ambiance they are adding to my recordings? You could get a cat. Cats love 'em. Just don't get a Siamese or you'll have a different sort of noise problem. I'm to clumsy to catch them in my hand without squashing them, so I have a few coffee cans scattered around the house. When i see one, I'll herd it into the can, put on the lid, and escort it outside. Then on to the next one! Occasionally one will be in the sink and I won't notice until I run the water and it goes down the drain and into the garbage disposer. There should be a country song about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted September 5, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2007 Occasionally one will be in the sink and I won't notice until I run the water and it goes down the drain and into the garbage disposer. There should be a country song about that. It's a sad, sad day...I washed my cricket friend awayEarly this morning found himself on the brinkOf a countertop adjacent the sinkBefore I could scoop him with a cupThe disposal went and chewed him upIt's a sad, sad day...I washed my cricket friend away Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ani Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 Better crickets than brown recluses. I got bit by a brown recluse on the upper part of my leg earlier this summer while working out in my studio, the remodel job, and I've been a bit paranoid to go back out and sit down at my desk. I've been reading up on the recluses and I've learned that they are not nearly as affected by insecticides as the average person might think. From what I understand, they can actually eat bugs that have been killed by the insecticide within a 24 hour period of the dead bugs' digestion of the poison, and SURVIVE. I've learned of sticky traps that I'm going to try. I've killed a few crickets, by poison, in trying to get rid of the spiders. Bad karma has seemed to follow me around for decades... killing a few crickets here and there probably won't make the world come crashing down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I actually love the sound...it reminds me of when I'm sitting in front of a campfire at night enjoying the fruits of mother nature. Should I: 2. Live in peace with the crickets and be thankful for that pleasant forest ambiance they are adding to my recordings? ... this could have been easily said by Ned Flanders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 STOP GIVING THEM CHEESE ! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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