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Re: Greater Anglewings in Tompkins Square Park, NYC

Subject: Re: Greater Anglewings in Tompkins Square Park, NYC
From: "Suzanne Williams" scw1217
Date: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:18 pm ((PDT))
I liked the ambience of it.  Not that I don't find some background 
noise annoying, if it was in a more rural area. But in your case, it 
captured the essence of the town as well.

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Suzanne
Suzanne Williams Photography
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA



--- In  "wildlifeanalysis" 
<> wrote:
>
> 
> Thanks for listening, Suzanne.
> 
> When it comes to capturing wildlife in Manhattan (of the nonhuman
> sort, the sounds of people and cars figure very prominently into the
> soundscape. In fact, the activities of so many cars and people 
create
> an omnipresent broadband low-frequency roar, like the background
> radiation from the birth of the universe picked up by radio
> telescopes. The sound of progress. My first attempts at capturing 
the
> anglewings were in the middle of the park (where I thought it would 
be
> the quietest) and they have a very lo-fi quality to them - 
completely
> saturated by the background noise. Oddly enough, I think that 
getting
> a decent recording of these insects in the city requires that other
> sound sources be present in the scene.
> 
> > So THAT's what NY sounds like at 12:30 am!  It really is a great 
idea 
> > to capture city sounds.  I live in a very rural area in Central 
> > Florida and that may be all I ever hear of NY.  Great recording, 
very 
> > clear.
>






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