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Re: Simultaneous recording with two digital recorders?

Subject: Re: Simultaneous recording with two digital recorders?
From: "soundings23" soundings23
Date: Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:00 am ((PDT))
I tried two recorders simultaneously this weekend. Spaced them apart inside a 
small rural  church and left them running for 15 minutes. My thought was to try 
and get a sense of very quiet spaciousness, with the distant sound of 
woodpigoens seeping through the ancient windows. But it made no difference to 
my ears when I layered the tracks!  But obviously that's just one, and rather 
unusual,  environment. 

I did notice, as predicted, a difference of 0.12 milliseconds in the recording 
times though between the Edirol and the Sony over the fifteen minutes.

Anyways, off to record our local nightjar later - in glorious mono with my ME66 
(if it stops raining)

cheers

Tony

--- In  Geoff Sample <> wrote:
>
> All I mean is that it's physically impossible to listen from two points at 
> once without the use of technology - so 'beyond nature'. But no, I wouldn't 
> say that multiple perspectives are beyond nature if you're recreating a 
> soundfield through a multichannel installation. If trying to recreate a 
> single scene, you would need to be careful about timing and intensity issues 
> through speaker placement and/or signal timing adjustment, otherwise the cues 
> for directionality in our hearing will be smeared.
> 
> Partly following on from Jez's theme on the earlier thread, reacting to the 
> thinking that there's only one way of doing things, I'm not comfortable with 
> the normative idea that you can only record waves/the sea through a composite 
> of multiple takes. Or that this is the best way.
> 
> And I suppose I'm defending my corner a bit. I work very much with single 
> point stereo. I like the discipline of listening carefully and considering 
> the exact placement of the mics in relation to the spread of the soundfield. 
> 
> But hey, try it and experiment!
> 
> Geoff Sample
> 
> 
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> > 2d. Re: Simultaneous recording with two digital recorders?
> >    Posted by: "soundings23"  soundings23
> >    Date: Sat Jun 9, 2012 1:03 pm ((PDT))
> > 
> > Thanks Geoff ... very interesting. I think it comes back to how the 
> > recording relates to the thing recorded, the subject of previous 
> > conversations. If you want it to simulate how a pair of ears might 
> > experience it, then you're absolutely right, a single point stereo 
> > recording will approximate that. But are multiple perspectives "beyond 
> > nature" as you put it? That's an interesting question. 
> > 
> > cheers
> > 
> > T
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In  Geoff Sample <lists@> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hi Tony
> >> 
> >> I followed the quiet thread but it left me somewhere in the aether. But 
> >> this is interesting. I've worked a lot on recording the sound of the sea 
> >> on the coast here in Northumberland over the last 20 years, and for me the 
> >> idea that you NEED multiple input is a myth. No offence to Chris or Bernie.
> >> 
> >> If you want to create something beyond nature, fine - multiple input 
> >> points can give you the raw material for heading off. Or if your objective 
> >> is a multi-channel installation, a mic array makes sense, whether to 
> >> several recorders or a multi-track, though it leads you into other 
> >> time/distance issues.
> >> 
> >> But we listen with two ears from a single point; so it makes sense if one 
> >> wants to record the nature of a place, as heard, to record from a single 
> >> point, whether static or in motion through time. And personally, for me 
> >> this works better because of rhythm. From a single point you get the 
> >> rhythm of wave and water flow: not just the major rhythm of the waves 
> >> breaking, but also the undertow of sussuration on sand or shingle as the 
> >> waves' fall-out recedes. Once you start  mixing it from different 
> >> perspectives, you mush it up. Even if well synced up, the fine detail gets 
> >> mushed. And I think the example on Michael Gallagher's blog showed that. 
> >> Rhythm was obscured.
> >> 
> >> So from this point of view, the craft is a matter of listening and 
> >> choosing the point where you feel the balance of distance and foreground 
> >> feels good. And I think this is where the art of soundscape recording 
> >> resides. Perspective - sorry for the visual metaphor. 
> >> 
> >> OK. Back to work.
> >> All the best, Geoff.
> >> 
> >> Geoff Sample
> >> http://soundcloud.com/wildsong
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 8 Jun 2012, at 22:32,  wrote:
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> ________________________________________________________________________
> >>> ________________________________________________________________________
> >>> 3a. Simultaneous recording with two digital recorders?
> >>>   Posted by: "soundings23" tony.whitehead2332@ soundings23
> >>>   Date: Fri Jun 8, 2012 7:35 am ((PDT))
> >>> 
> >>> Hi All ... I currently use an Edirol R-09 for my recordings. But I've 
> >>> just picked up cheap secondhand Sony PCM M10. 
> >>> 
> >>> I read that if you're recording soundcapes such as waves on a beach 
> >>> multiple recording points are recommended. 
> >>> (http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/tag/chris-watson)
> >>> 
> >>> Has anyone had experience of recording on two independant digital 
> >>> recoders, using say a handclap to provide a sync point, then 
> >>> mixing/layering them together later. 
> >>> 
> >>> Does this work?
> >>> 
> >>> Will they stay in sync? 
> >>> 
> >>> Any recomendations on positioning in general?
> >>> 
> >>> I could of course just go and experiment ... but its nice to perpare!
> >>> 
> >>> cheers
> >>> 
> >>> T
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
>








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