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″.
Category: field recording
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.
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 for something a bit creepy given the time of the year: getting close to Día de los Muertos. My setup was fairly simple:
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Jetsam 3: walking in a soggy day in Christchurch
It was a rainy day in Christchurch. Looking forward to receive the new windscreen for the recorder.