> In your "Meteors" clip did you attempt any form of software noise
> removal? The Robins clip had a much quieter clearer background - very
> beautiful - which I expect relates to the relative amounts of gain
> required. Was this one made quieter via software. It seems to me an
> outsanding result.
Graham:
I'm learning the hard way the virtues of taking notes on my edits. I'm
not sure if I did any filtering on those clips: email me off list and
I'll send you unedited copies to compare. Either way, the biggest
difference between those two clips is the natural ambiance.
The merganser (meteor) recording is set with the mics facing west
across a beaver dammed lake; the Pacific Ocean is pounding the shore
about 10 miles west, constant highway 101 trafic about 9 miles west; a
smaller highway about a mile north, water cascading over a beaver dam
and down a ravine a few hundred yards to the north, and a few hundred
yards to the south a series of beaver dammed pools with water pouring
from one to the next.
The robin recording is set across a narrow mountain stream winding
through a grassy meadow at the edge of a Ponderosa forest. Perhaps
some noise from the stream or breeze or a distant jet but mostly a
quiet place with abundant complimentary resonance.
John Hartog
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