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Re: recording the big storm in Muir Woods

Subject: Re: recording the big storm in Muir Woods
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Mon Jan 7, 2008 9:45 am ((PST))
Dave, you wrote,

>I recently made a recording during a wind/rain storm at the Oregon
>coast (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=3D45481).

I was thrown by the changing perspective for a moment, then realized
that you were recording on the move.

>When the big drips from the trees hit the mic windscreen (a home made
>faux fur zeppelin), it was quite loud.  I am curious why the drips in
>your recording are much quieter.

They weren't, I did two things to the sample in post. First I tried
Waves X-Click, set to catch only the louder bangs so that I would
preserve the rain sounds in the environment. This was only partially
satisfactory; the "shape" setting, that determines the length of the
"fix" the plug-in does, wasn't long enough at maximum setting. It
took the sharp edge off, but left thumps.

I also (all in one pass) pushed up the clip's level with Waves L1, so
the thumps that would have clipped got squashed.

Three plugs in sequence: Q4 to correct the EM-23 response and balance
my 2 mics (known diff. in sensitivity), X-Click, and L1.

-Dan Dugan




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