I record household sounds and ambiances a lot. Most of my off-the-
cuff and found-voice recordings are of strangers, though, and also
machines.
Sometimes I get people chatting in waiting rooms, washing machines,
pubs, ice rinks (Zamboni!) and such are as resonant for me as my bird
recordings and crickets and such. I have a ton of recordings of my
dog making her waking-up noises, and my cat purring. I have a whole
folder just for babies crying in restaurants. I got a great
harmonious drone from a passing street sweeper.
I also used to collect old reel to reel tapes, and my treasure-find
was one with two young girls singing along to records and joking with
each other. I have no idea who they are, but I listen to that
recording a lot.
- H
Heather Perkins
Sound Designer - Composer - Mad Scientist
WaterDog Studio & Land-O-Newts! Records
"I can't understand why people are afraid of new ideas. I'm afraid
of the old ones."
- John Cage
> On Apr 16, 2008, at 7:53 AM, Steve Duncan wrote:
>
> Hi - I just discovered this group, and I've been having a blast
> reading through the archives.
> I've always been fascinated with sound gear, and fiddled with
> making recordings from time to
> time although I'd never really invested in decent equipment.
>
> After I discovered my old voice recorder wouldn't talk to my Mac, I
> ordered an Olympus LS-
> 10, which should be arriving today. I decided on the LS-10 because
> I'd recorded what I guess
> I'll call "family ambience" a few times with my old recorder, and
> thought it would be even
> more fun now that our kids are starting to talk more. I'd once
> tried to make a custom
> ringtone for my wife of our oldest daughter's first giggles, but
> between noise and low signal
> levels it just didn't work.
>
> I suppose this is stretching the definition of nature recording,
> but is anyone else doing this
> kind of stuff?
>
> Steve in Milwaukee
>
>
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