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Re: Philadelphia thunderstorm

Subject: Re: Philadelphia thunderstorm
From: "Kevin Colver" kjcolver
Date: Sun Aug 2, 2009 2:21 pm ((PDT))
Very nice stereo effect.  Do you think some of that is because you
recorded it from so high off the ground?  I've often wondered if I
should be recording some soundscapes from much higher off the ground.
Kevin

On Aug 2, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Matt Blaze wrote:

> No microphone comparison here, and nothing particular spectacular.
> Just 12 minutes of a moderate thunderstorm over Philadelphia, PA, as
> heard three feet outside my fifth floor window in Center City (with
> the aid of a boompole).
>
> One of my favorite subjects is nature imposing itself on heavily man-
> made environments, and so I really enjoyed Emanuele Costantini's
> London Thunderstorm last month. Traffic, car alarms, people yelling
> and so one are normally sounds we don't associate with nature, but in
> recordings of storms I think they provide a nice context, especially
> when the man-made sounds are reactions to the weather. So I guess
> this is my contribution to the genre (although in a blind test you
> might mix up which recording was made in London, thanks to the sound
> of bell tower at the end of mine...)
>
> Recorded with a M-S pair of Sennheieser MKH-800 mics (wide cardioid &
> figure-8), a Nagra VI recorder, and a Rycote blimp with a Remote Audio
> "Rainman" cover, with the mics on a boompole about three feet outside
> a window, about 60 feet above the street, in driving rain and about
> 10mph wind.
>
> http://www.crypto.com/audio/t-storm-urban-20090802.mp3
>
> -matt
>
>
>










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