Hi Bernie,
I held off on any serious endeavors into nature recording for many years
just for the reasons mentioned, as I was primarily interested in my native
Oklahoman thunderstorms. It wasn't until binaural techniques came to my
attention that I thought I might just be able to pull some of it off. I hav=
e
to say that a quasi approach to binaural recording has yielded what I had
hoped for.
I now live in S. Korea and have made a few efforts at the natural soundscap=
e
here...although not as many thunderstorms around here to get into, but I
have recorded some beach sounds that might be of interest on this topic. *
http://tinyurl.com/9ofsf* <http://tinyurl.com/9ofsf>
**
These recordings were made using Sonic Studios *DSM-6S/EH *and windscreens
made by same... I place the mics and windscreens on my head about an inch
and a half to two inches in front of the ear canal. This eliminates a lot o=
f
the hole in the middle some complain about when listening back to true
binaural recordings. Usually record what I am hearing accurately in this
way.
Best,
Mark
On 5/30/06, Wild Sanctuary <> wrote:
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> Right you are, Stuart. The most difficult sounds to record are the
> effects of wind, and water. Took ten years to figure out that because
> of the limitations of microphone technology, wave sounds at the ocean
> cannot be recorded in one pass with the expectation that the illusion
> will be the same when reduced to a stereo and/or surround playback
> system. To get the best illusion (all soundscapes are illusions from
> good to bad) at the ocean, it is best to record examples of near
> field, mid-field and far field, then mix them in post production.
> Same goes for white water streams. To create a credible illusion of
> water, you need a sense of space and detail.
>
> Got my lardy butt nailed once in a Wall Street Journal interview
> (mid-90s) when I admitted to the journalist that my first natural
> sound recording experience for "In A Wild Sanctuary," our first album
> for Warner Brothers (1970) and the first recording ever to use
> natural sounds as a component of orchestration, I had been unable to
> get a good natural stream sound and was reduced to recording the
> trickle of water in my toilet to capture the illusion of a stream in
> that one instance and for that one cut. The headline on the front
> page read "The Stream on Your Nature CD Could Be The Sound of a
> Toilet." I was devastated.
>
> Bernie
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