Hi Curt,
One could begin by categorizing by primary shoreline types and divide those
into location subcategories, and then provide recordings giving tangible views
of each. What a project that would be. This is about unique recordings as much
a unique locations. That is why your recording stands out. You nicely balanced
one simplified component (the close up of lapping water and pebbles) with the
more complex background sounds of the soundscape - a very tangible and
realistic composition.
John Hartog
--- In Curt Olson <> wrote:
>
> Thank you all for the public and private replies. I'll consider my
> bird to be confirmed as a Merlin.
>
> I also appreciate Bernie and John picking up on the theme of water and
> shoreline sounds. I've felt for a long time that each shore location --
> or at least each type of shoreline condition and structure -- seems to
> have a unique sound signature that results from an unimaginably
> complex intertwining of variables. And we're stuck with the profound
> limitations of our present recording technologies and techniques,
> which I don't feel can capture enough of the subtleties to really
> satisfy. I'm guessing there's a lot of room here for more serious
> experimentation and study.
>
> Curt Olson
>
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