Mark,
Yea, that second clip isn't too bad, but compared to some of the other thun=
der recorded in
that same session it sounds dirty to me. And there are some other occurran=
ces of what
really does sound like digital distortion. The thing that had me confused =
was the fact that
one thunder clap would sound fine, the next a bit distorted, and the next f=
ine again, just a
few seconds apart, but now I'm realizing that the claps were coming from di=
fferent
directions, different distances, and probably with different low frequency =
sound
characteristics that could cause very different results in recording.
Anyway, it's been a important lesson for me to learn that great recordings =
don't just come
by setting the levels, pushing the buttons, and walking away.
Guy
--- In "Mark R." <> wrote:
>
> Hi Guy,
>
> That first clip is pretty darn scary! That is a Frankenstein clap if I ev=
er
> heard one.
>
> The second clip doesn't sound too distorted to my ears. Was this recorded=
in
> a valley? The resonances sound that way to me and it could be
> a natural distortion that is amplified by the mics that may not have soun=
ded
> that way to your ears....does that make any sense? Anyway I have felt the
> experience of colouration ( is that a word? google spell check thinks so
> ;^) when recording tornadic <(google didn't like this one, but i do)
> thunderstorms in my home state of Oklahoma.
>
>
> Best,
> Mark
>
>
> On 7/18/06, guyhand2 <> wrote:
> >
> > I'm new to this list and just want to say how helpful the flood of
> > comments have been
> > regarding my question about recording thunder without distortion. As
> > requested, I'll post a
> > couple of examples of the thunder I recently recorded on a 722 with a
> > Shure VP88. This first
> > one was a very loud crack nearly overhead that, to me, sounds pretty da=
mn
> > good (wait for the
> > big crack about a third of the way in):
> >
> > www.guyhand.com/bigboom2.wav
> >
> > This second example of thunder that was much further away sounds distor=
ted
> > to me, but
> > after the list comments and a more critical listen, I'm wonder if the
> > problem might be as
> > simple as some kind of mechanical vibration through the tripod I was us=
ing
> > or some screw
> > that wasn't quite tight enough. Although I had the mic in a shock mount=
, I
> > can imagine that
> > those low frequency rumbles could get almost anything vibrating.
> >
> > www.guyhand.com/boom2.wav
> >
> > And thanks again,
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Mark Ragsdale
>
> www.moonbridges.com
>
>
>
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