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Re: recording the big storm in Muir Woods

Subject: Re: recording the big storm in Muir Woods
From: "Suzanne Williams" scw1217
Date: Tue Jan 8, 2008 4:39 pm ((PST))
Meant to say, Dan, that I enjoyed the recording. I think we in 
Central Florida have forgotten what rain sounds like...

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



--- In  Dan Dugan <> wrote:
>
> 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=45481).
> 
> 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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