Category: field recording

  • Jetsam 33: 1:51″ in the backyard

    Jetsam 33: 1:51″ in the backyard

    I was testing the Zoom H4n with a couple of external omni microphones while walking in the backyard. It was quite windy, picking up around 30″ and then the dog coming and sniffing the mics at around 45″.

  • Jetsam 13: dump

    Jetsam 13: dump

    While disposing of some garden waste in Christchurch’s EcoDrop—which processes recycling, garden waste and rubbish—I captured the sound of a bulldozer pushing rubbish with a background of people and seagulls. luis.apiolaza · Rubbish dump

  • Jetsam 11: Two hundred beetles

    Jetsam 11: Two hundred beetles

    I am a fan of Tim Prebble’s The Music of Sound, where he deals with field recording and the role of sound in general. Tim is running a field recording competition which requires ‘a cardboard box, a microphone, a recorder and you. Thats it! No processing allowed, submit a single take’. I decided to go…

  • Jetsam 3: walking in a soggy day in Christchurch

    Jetsam 3: walking in a soggy day in Christchurch

    luis.apiolaza · Soggy walking in suburbia It was a rainy day in Christchurch. Looking forward to receive the new windscreen for the recorder.