Greetings all,
Trying to record soundscapes around southern Vermont has become a very frus=
trating experience. I have hours of recordings, and only a few minutes with=
out some kind of engine noise: mostly jets, but also prop planes, chainsaws=
, atvs, cars and trucks and motorcycles, skidders, and who knows what else.=
It appears that we are in a direct flight path for Logan airport in Boston=
, so that accounts for a lot of it. These are sounds I have effectively scr=
eened out in a lifetime of living here. I have always thought of this place=
as quiet. But turn on the recorder and suddenly all that engine noise come=
s to the fore. Not quiet at all.
It makes no sense to me to get in my own noisy car and drive all over the c=
ountryside trying to find quiet places. How contradictory is that! I'm not =
having any luck finding quiet places anyway. This noise has become such a f=
rustration that I am sorely tempted to give up recording altogether, having=
only barely begun.
How have others dealt with this frustration? How have you worked around it?=
Anybody have an airplane noise canceling microphone?! Should we be hoping =
the price of oil goes through the roof?
best wishes,
John
John Crockett
Westminster, VT
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