Hi Rory,
Please tell a bit more about where you would draw your own line. If
you consider the sound of a fog horn "natural", can you explain in
what context it might be heard that way?
For rain on the car roof, does the listener hear the car or the rain?
To me, rain hitting metal does not usually sound very natural. Does it
sound natural to you? A great way to record natural rain is to set the
mics up in a dry spot under a large tree.
John Hartog
--- In "Rory" <> wrote:
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> This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm curious about where
people on this site draw the line between recordings of nature and
recordings of non-nature, and why the line is drawn where it is.
>
> Is a recording of a fog horn on topic on this site?
>
> A recording of a ferry and the water through which it is moving?
>
> A recording from the 30th floor balcony of a New York apartment of
the city breathing at night?
>
> A recording of crickets with the sound of city traffic in the
background?
>
> A recording of torrential rain from inside a car? From under an
umbrella?
>
> To give a specific example...
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> Last week I recorded nesting seabirds at Cape St. Mary's in
Newfoundland. I made a separate recording of the Cape St. Mary's fog
horn. If I upload the first recording to this site, would it be "off
topic" to upload the second recording? If so, the distinction strikes
me as a bit odd. Hence my question.
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> Cheers
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