I am coming to a fast conclusion that you have to get up earlier than
ever now to get a half decent recording. Maybe I'm getting to long and
old in the tooth, but as Bernie Krause said in his book (wild
soundscapes) the noise pollution is getting bloody worse, I am almost at
a pitch where I would love to record one of those bi-planes blowing up
in the bloody sky. In this area it seems the rich buy every toy under
the sun and they are all noisier than the last, I had an idiot in a
helicopter this morning, 5:15am flying around the lake where I live, for
a good hour before landing in his rear garden!!
filtering out noise is a must for everyone now, its part of the package
and our ever shrinking world is becoming a huge problem, not just for us
as nature recordists, but for the very thing we record, habitat is being
bought out at an alarming rate in the States and if we don't do anything
quickly to stop it, we will all be pressing buttons in Zoos to hear
sounds. Local Audubon societies are needed to buy up habitat and all the
organizations that support this need our help.
Isn't it crazy that we as people give very little back to the
environment but take as much of it away we can?
There were no ATV's, Scrambling bikes 4x4's when I was growing up in the
UK and the fields I used to walk were as quiet as a mouse, some parts of
Scotland are still like this (except for the occasional jet, ripping
across the glens) Here in Seattle is unbelievable, Sunday mornings are
getting as noisy as any normal day, campers in the mountains have
transistor radios blaring away and the cars all have ATV's in tow!!
Should we spend a little more time doing something to help this cause
instead of talking about what a combination of mics respond to pressure?
After all, what is the point of it if there isn't anything to record?
Totally frustrated
Martyn
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